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I'm going to cut my hand off!!!?

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123456thu · 20/03/2025 15:25

My hand is itchy, burning, sore! And I'm about to cut it off! I've had it once before and was given steroid cream, didn't say what it actually was but it's back it's worse and I want to scream! Any ideas of what it is??

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123456thu · 20/03/2025 16:16

@gamerchick @Crunchymum @Mossstitch would contact dermatitis just come on my hands and feet? No where else?

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AdoraBell · 20/03/2025 16:15

Do you antihistamines?

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123456thu · 20/03/2025 16:15

@Hysterectomynext I remember my mum telling me I'd get that from putting my feet on our old little fire when I was little. Lol it does feel like it's coming on my feet too now. 😂

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Astr0zombie · 20/03/2025 16:13

I can’t see the photos, they won’t load, but in spring when it first gets properly sunny I get an itchy rash all over from light sensitivity. It happens every year and after a week or two my body gets used to the sun and it goes away. It’s called photo-something. It’s unpleasant, my face sometimes gets lots of little red spots and my arms itch like MAD! It’s something people experience more as they get older.

If you’re really uncomfy head to there pharmacy, they should be able to identify what’s happening and give you something to soothe.

Shufflebumnessie · 20/03/2025 16:12

I can't see the photos (my phone won't load them). Could it be a reaction to fibreglass? I once leant on a play structure that apparently was made from it & had a terrible reaction.
You could try submerging your hands in a bowl of water with bicarbonate of soda in it. Might offer some relief from the itching.
Hope you manage to find a solution soon.

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123456thu · 20/03/2025 16:11

Audavate rd cream is what I have?

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123456thu · 20/03/2025 16:07

@Mossstitch no I had something similar about 4 months ago, but no where near as bad, they gave me steroid cream, no perfume or anything. The nurse didn't really know what it was so just gave that and it cleared up eventually.

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Mossstitch · 20/03/2025 16:02

gamerchick · 20/03/2025 15:55

Contact dermatitis it looks like to me. It needs a steroid cream. Try a hydrocortisone over the counter stuff first. I get it if I use cleaning products with no gloves.

Snap, posted at same time!
@123456thu which steroid cream is it as one of them that you can buy over the counter has perfume in it which made mine worse once. you may need to see GP for prescription type or email asking for it does the trick at my surgery. Last time Dr sent eumovate

TheOriginalEmu · 20/03/2025 16:01

Pompholyx. It’s a kind of eczema. Hydrocortisone cream should help!

Hysterectomynext · 20/03/2025 16:01

Chilblains

Crunchymum · 20/03/2025 16:00

Another vote for contact dermatitis.

Eurax cream is amazing for the itching.

I agree that it's best to see the pharmacist and then a nurse / GP depending on what they say.

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123456thu · 20/03/2025 15:58

@gamerchick does it?? I started steroid cream Tuesday, Wednesday and it feels so much worse. Today it's swollen, itchy and burning.

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Mossstitch · 20/03/2025 15:58

Contact dermatitis ....... I only have to touch a cloth that's been near washing up liquid and comes out like this, agree the itch is so bad you want to bite it off! Steroid creamnthe only thing that stops it, usually needs 2-3 applications before calms down, then scent free moisturiser as goes very dry.

gamerchick · 20/03/2025 15:55

Contact dermatitis it looks like to me. It needs a steroid cream. Try a hydrocortisone over the counter stuff first. I get it if I use cleaning products with no gloves.

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123456thu · 20/03/2025 15:55

@Getitwright I've got ice on it (it's burning) and taken the antihistamine tablets, steroid cream has definitely made it worse over the last few days.

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lemmein · 20/03/2025 15:53

My hands went like that once when I was pushing a shopping trolley. I assume I had a reaction to whatever they clean them with. It felt like they were burning and swollen (though didn’t look swollen) and itchy as hell 😣

Have you took an antihistamine OP?

NetballHoop · 20/03/2025 15:53

I'd try taking some Piriton to see if that helps.

Chuchoter · 20/03/2025 15:52

Does calamine lotion help?

Or bicarbonate of soda in cool water dabbed on?

Getitwright · 20/03/2025 15:52

It will remain an issue unless you decide to do something. Self care is the first step, pharmacy second, GP next, then if you are up for it, hours of wasted time in A&E. I’d start with the first option I suggested, antihistamine and ice.

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123456thu · 20/03/2025 15:51

@beetface no haven't been near anything that I can think of. I think it started Saturday, Sunday I was at a country park but I was mainly trying to stop kids falling off things. Last night it started hurting more and today I'm ready to get a bread knife to it. Lol

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beetface · 20/03/2025 15:46

Have you been out in a park/ near a river? As PP said there are some plants that cause horrendous issues. Google giant hogweed. It’s the sun on the areas that have touched it that’s causes the problem.

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123456thu · 20/03/2025 15:46

@Pwincessb Ive had them redone since getting it, which probably hasn't helped but I never had a reaction before.

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ladyofshertonabbas · 20/03/2025 15:45

I had one flare up which looked like this years ago. So itchy. I can't recall what is was, sorry, but tea tree oil did stop the reaction when put on broken skin (broken because I'd scratched it so much). I hope it gets better soon.

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123456thu · 20/03/2025 15:44

@Punzel it started a couple of days ago, but just getting worse and worse. Don't think it's garden or plant related.. I'm definitely not a gardener and I only have 2 dead plants in my house lol

@Getitwright last time I went to our pharmacy to double check my daughter had chicken pox when buying lotion and she had to Google it.. I haven't got much faith lol

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millypeggyandpandora · 20/03/2025 15:44

I had pustular eczema once, when I was very stressed. It was on the palm of my hand and itched like mad!

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