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Sep. 3rd, 2004 10:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
which_chickI love the medical profession. Here's what they have to say about Dyshidrotic Eczema: " Dyshidrotic eczema is a recurrent or chronic relapsing form of vesicular palmoplantar dermatitis of unknown etiology." Translation: "It's a blistery rash sort of a thing on your hands and feet, it comes back over and over, and we don't know what causes it." Hell. There's nothing there that I didn't already know. Boy, I'm glad I didn't pony up good money to see a dermatologist over this. I'd have been royally pissed if I'd spent upwards of fifty bucks to learn that I already knew as much as doctors about the damn condition.
Dyshidrotic Eczema shows up as small, burning/itching blisters between my fingers. If I scratch them, the blisters break and then burn, itch, AND hurt. As the medical folks cited above mention, this stuff comes and goes. It has throughout my life as far back as I can remember. I don't know what makes the rash happen, but it doesn't really spread once it shows up. I don't have to do anything but wait -- it will go away on its own in a couple of weeks. It is, however, annoying as hell while it's itching.
Dyshidrotic Eczema shows up as small, burning/itching blisters between my fingers. If I scratch them, the blisters break and then burn, itch, AND hurt. As the medical folks cited above mention, this stuff comes and goes. It has throughout my life as far back as I can remember. I don't know what makes the rash happen, but it doesn't really spread once it shows up. I don't have to do anything but wait -- it will go away on its own in a couple of weeks. It is, however, annoying as hell while it's itching.
