Painful Red Bumps just on palms of hands

[BenDiver]

Again.. I AM GOING TO A DOCTOR It's just the week between Xmas and New Years and it was really hard to schedule an appt with an expert. I really didn't think an Urgent Care doc in Minnesota would help much

I am just trying to figure out what the hell to tell the dermatologist when I see him. Cortisone cream hasn't really done anything. I am accountant, so please trust me when I say that I have research the crap out of this.. I was just hoping someone else could help point me in the right direction for more research.


The good news is it hasn't spread or gotten any worse. Thank you to Doc Vikingo and others for your help. It's officially been 7 days and no change. Hopefully the dermie will help tomorrow!

 

[Hank49]

Ok..

1) I have an appointment with a doc tomorrow.. It takes a bit to schedule an appt with a dermatologist

2) I live in Minnesota, so the odds of them knowing what the hell this is are not good. I have had a few friends with stings and the docs up here have no idea. Also, have you looked on this forum at all? 90% of people say the docs didn't do a thing for them!

Good luck. I'm no doctor but I have been stung by a lot of different marine organisms here (I routinely clean a PVC pipeline we have going into the sea. Some days my buddy was miserable from so much itching and stinging) so I thought I'd throw that out there for you.

 

[Web Monkey]

I am just trying to figure out what the hell to tell the dermatologist when I see him. Cortisone cream hasn't really done anything. I am accountant, so please trust me when I say that I have research the crap out of this.. I was just hoping someone else could help point me in the right direction for more research.


The good news is it hasn't spread or gotten any worse. Thank you to Doc Vikingo and others for your help. It's officially been 7 days and no change. Hopefully the dermie will help tomorrow!

You can try calling DAN for a referral. They might not have anybody really close to you, but can probably find someone qualified to take a look.

Terry

 

[Wookie]

JTo those familiar with this forum the doctors who regularly contribute most certainly are not "random," and some would not consider us "strangers."

But DocV, all of your published photos are of the back of your head, neck, and back. I know I would only recognize you if you were walking away....

 

[BenDiver]

Thanks guys. If the Dermie tomorrow has no clue, I will definitely call DAN. I am a DAN member as well, so that is probably a great idea to call them!

Thanks Hank, too.. I also have been stung by a lot of marine creatures. I call it a badge of honor, my wife calls me clumsy. To be honest, I really don't think I got this Scuba diving.. I was relaxing in the water at the beach.. Squeezing a lot of sand between my hands in the shallows (I love that feeling!) and that night my hands began to turn red and blister. I wonder if there was something in the sand underwater that got into my hands.. Some sort of parasite it my guess, although it hasn't spread so that is where I am dumbfounded.. I will post tomorrow after I talk to doc to let you all know.

I wish I would have found this site earlier, you guys rock!

 

[TSandM]

If you give the dermatologist as good a history as you have given us, my guess is that he may very well want to biopsy one of the lesions. There might be some foreign body embedded in the skin that is causing the prolonged reaction.

 

[Acanthurus]

Please let us know how it all works out....Good luck!

 

[Hank49]

I was relaxing in the water at the beach.. Squeezing a lot of sand between my hands in the shallows (I love that feeling!) and that night my hands began to turn red and blister. I wonder if there was something in the sand underwater that got into my hands..

I kept a seawater aquarium in Hawaii and the Philippines and when I'd pick up a rock or get some sand that I didn't disinfect and put it in the tank, I'd usually end up with lots of anemones, they can sting, not to mention crabs, hydrozoans...the rocks and sand are "alive".

 

[PineNut]

To consider include:

1.Dyshidrosis or Dyshidrotic Eczema (Pompholyx)
2.Foreign body response to slivers of diatomaceous crystals from the sand
3.Irritant dermatitis or friction induced dermatitis from grabbing scuba tank or dive boat ladder
4.Contact allergic dermatitis of the palms or soles often result in a bumpy or clear pebbles under the skin
5.Friction induced urticaria, perhaps from the seafood you had the night before

If the lesions are found both on the hands and feet, then dyshidrosis, pustular psoriasis, and hand foot and mouth disease should be considered.

 

[Acanthurus]

To consider include:

1.Dyshidrosis or Dyshidrotic Eczema (Pompholyx)
2.Foreign body response to slivers of diatomaceous crystals from the sand
3.Irritant dermatitis or friction induced dermatitis from grabbing scuba tank or dive boat ladder
4.Contact allergic dermatitis of the palms or soles often result in a bumpy or clear pebbles under the skin
5.Friction induced urticaria, perhaps from the seafood you had the night before

If the lesions are found both on the hands and feet, then dyshidrosis, pustular psoriasis, and hand foot and mouth disease should be considered.

I actually was thinking that it sure sounds like dyhydrotic eczema - with the caveat that obviously I haven't seen it. This condition can be very painful!!