What are chilblains? do i have them??

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tiny itchy fluid filled spots around my finger joints and knuckles

not a huge amount, or on every finger, but about 8 in total?

its the plague isn't it?

Hmmm not sure they are chillblains mine are just very itchy bumps. It does sound like some sort of fungal infection/infected excema thing that I sometimes get, very painful and it does spread slowly!

doesnt sound like chilblains, minr are swollen, red, tender and v itchy. perhaps a form of eczema?

What are chillblains?

they are the devils work omdb. sent to torment children and little old ladies - and the unfortunate.

How does one get them though? I am worried I have them now

Actually, scrap that, I just did a google image search.

I don't have them.

But you are right, they are the devil's work

chillblains are more common on feet and toes, and are hard, red itchy little lumps; not fluid filled at all. Generally caused by poor circulation and worse in the winter and cold.

Could it be hand foot and mouth disease? there is a bit of that going around at the minute. Anything on your feet or in/around your mouth? Any DCs who might have been exposed to it or are poorly as well?

nope, not chilblains. if you press chilblains they go from red to white.
sounds like hand foot and mouth

realy LackaDaisy about hfm going round? dd is complaining that her tongue hurts tonight. Shes 8 but I dont think shes had it.

I get chilblains - going by your description you don't tbh.

I hate them. Sometimes my toes are so sore. I've actually cried once or twice when one of the dc has accidentally knocked/stood on my foot.

OYBBK, waht do you use to deal with them? I've found Nelson's ointment very good (as long as you use it regularly - which I don't)

I use cortisone - prob not great thing to do but pharmacist wouldnt recommend anything last time I went for advice. I'll try nelsons - not tried it before. did try a warm (not hot) foot soak in really concentrated radox powders the other day and that seemed to help.

I tried Boot's own version and it didn't really work tbh. It was also very greasy and slimey.

Do you get them anywhere else apart from your feet?

there have been a few kids at DSs school with HFM and a friend's baby got it at nursery.

I used to get an ointment in a wee yellow tin (like the vaseline tin, but smaller), JJ Pickles or something for my chilblains. Not sure it helped though other than take the itch out of them. I had them bad as a teenager, but grew out of them in my early 20s.

I'm pretty sure they are related to circulation.

re chilblains i dont seem to hsave them now

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Chillblains are absolutely the devils work. I've always been told their caused by changes in temperature - ie getting warm too quickly after being very cold. I am very prone to them as I have pretty poor circulation. Out in the cold they hurt like b*ggery. In the warm they itch and smart. They're horrible. Sometimes I've had them so bad that I can bearly walk and can't put on normal shoes my toes are that swollen. Balmosa cream is the only thing I've found that does anything at all.

Apologies for the appalling spelling in that post - must be the 5 day opened wine

so not chilblains? good stuff. though sympathy for any other chilblain sufferers

not sure its a fungal thing or hand foot and mouth though - have had it quite a few times and it disappears as quickly as it comes, never any other symptoms and no-one else in my house seems to get it

I didn't think people actually got cildblains any more. I thought it was an old fashioned thing like consumption or the plague

well if scarlet fever is on the rise again....! I don't know anyone else other than dd who gets them too but perhaps its not something people moan about (other than moany me!)