Dyshidrotic Dermatitis occurs on two specific places of the body; the hands and the soles of your feet. Not even the entire hand, but only the palms of the hand and the sides of the fingers. Dyshidrotic is a common form of eczema and feels like an itch or a burning sensation. The sensations are also accompanied with a blistering rash.
This form of eczema is also called hand eczema, vesicular palmoplantar eczema, vesicular eczema, and pompholyx. In most cases, the people who contract this sickness do so between the ages of 20 and 40 years old. While this is common there is the rare occasion when it develops in a child who already has Atopic eczema, or in people who are older than 40 years old.
Research is unable to assign a cause to this form of eczema right now, but it is believed that this form of eczema results somewhat from a "mind thing." They prescribe that it is a persons' reactions to other external stimuli may be a factor in whether or not hand eczema is contracted. It was suggested that sweat may have been a cause of this problem, but that is no longer held as a valid theory.
Many patients will only experience hand eczema once in their lifetime, but many will also have limited or regulated bouts with the disease. I say regulated and limited bouts because flare ups tend to not be very frequent; and they can happen on a regular schedule. The most frequent attacks that some people have are an attack that lasts between two and three weeks, which occurs once a year. While some may have flares annually others have them more frequently at once per month.
The factors which incite hand eczema are numerous. The most predominant factor is stress. Many hand eczema sufferers found the first onset of the problem when they were going through a stressful period.
Hot humid weather is also a contributor to flare ups. Less reactions and instances of hand eczema are noted in cooler weather than in hot or humid environments.
A noted occurrence is that a significant amount of people who have metal implants throughout the body have contracted hand eczema. It is believed that these people tend to develop an allergy to the metal that is in them. The result of this allergy is hand or dyshidrotic eczema.
People who have existing Atopic diseases (Atopic eczema, asthma and hay fever) are among the people with significant risks of getting hand eczema. People with contact dermatitis and other existing infections also carry a significant risk of contracting hand eczema. It has been noted in test cases that when another infection is treated, in one of three cases the hand eczema also goes away.
Like the other forms of eczema, this form too has more female casualties than male. Dyshidrotic eczema sufferers complain that the disease is difficult to treat, as numerous treatments may not work. The method that is used to treat hand eczema is not a single method, but a battery of methods is employed until something that works is found. Corticosteroids which are designed to relieve inflammation along with cold compresses to stop the itch are the initial treatments engaged to combat hand eczema. In the effort to relieve some of the pain, the blisters are drained, and strong antibiotics are used to treat the infection.
When severe cases ensue, heavier prescription medicines are used and bed rest is prescribed. Light treatments have been helpful to some people, and botulinum injections that are used to treat wrinkles have been found to clear up the problem.
References
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