allergy to detergent

[gusl]

I've been having a weird pain in the skin of my hands for the past week or so... red spots my palms, very dry peeling fingertips.

I'm hoping it's an allergy... even though my blood doesn't seem to be allergic to any of the common allergens. I suspect the dish-washing detergent.

I wonder if I should see a doctor about it.

This reminds me that in 2000, I got hives all over my body for an unknown reason... and had to be on cortisone for a couple of weeks. Coincidentally or not, it was the middle of summer too.

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[altamira16.livejournal.com]

I have a contact allergy that causes that. Most of the time I don't have it treated, but once I did. They gave me some steroid cream to put on it that you are not supposed to get on unaffected areas which is hard when the affected areas are your fingertips and the palms of your hands.