allergy to detergent

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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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[darkjewelz.livejournal.com]

Yeah, sounds like excema to me. I get it on my face in the winter and it drives me mad. It could be stress or diet related. You could go to a doctor, but they don't know a lot about skin consitions. They just prescribe hydro cortisone which is a steroid and which thins the skin and is really bad for you. Maybe the Dutch doctors are better than English ones (very likely) or you could try chinese/other herbal remedies. I had that for my face and it did clear up, don't know if it was co-incidence/ onset of warmer weather or if the herbs really worked.

Hope you get better soon,

J.