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

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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?

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.