What on earth are these scabs on the sole of my foot?

[Unexpected]

Earlier this year, I had what I thought was athlete's foot on the toes of one foot. It took a while but eventually seemed to clear up with over the counter stuff, although the skin under those toes often seems a bit "stretched" now. Yesterday, the sole of that foot felt sore in one spot and I meant to have a look. Still sore today so I eventually took a look and on the sole of my foot are a number of scabs/sores like chicken pox sores. There's about 4/5 of them and they are just in one area on the sole of my foot. What on earth is this? Is is something which will go away or which I need to do something about?

[hugoagogo]

have you got them anywhere else? could be hand foot and mouth disease?

[HotLipsHoulihan]

It's a form of eczema that appears on your hands and feet. Err something like pomphylox ... Can't remember exact spelling! Harmless and it goes in time but can get a bit sore. Use a hydrocortisone cream on it

[fuckweasel]

I second pompholyx eczema. Use a topical steroid cream, though in my experience that didn't help much! I also had it on my hands, starts as small round blisters under the skin and then they scab over.

[divingoffthebalcony]

Pompholyx eczema is INSANELY itchy though, so I'm not sure it's that.

[ivykaty44]

I have a similar sounding sore\sores and it is eczema. I get it around my big toe on left foot only and sometimes the middle of my sole. I get cream from the doctor and use moisturiser cream till it clears up.

It often appears with extremely cold or hot weather.

[LightastheBreeze]

Could it be shingles if it's just in one place.

I've had pompolyx and it is so itchy and OP hasn't mentioned this. I dread having a pompolyx flare up because it always lasts for a month or two and the dreadful itchy blisters drive me insane.

[Unexpected]

Oh dear. No it isn't itchy at all although it is a bit sore but that might be from friction against my sock or shoe. It isn't anywhere else either.