Re: Peeling Hands

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I'm not Bee, but I have same condition. It was diagnosed as

dyshidrotic excema...pardon the spelling. Basicly was aggravated by

allowing skin to become dry. Solution was daily use of good

cream/oil. Keep skin clean while healing. Will affect hands and

feet. Good nutrition, with daily intake of good oils. My sister and

son also have it.

The trick is to be consistent with creams/oils. To miss 3-5 days, and

then won't start peeling until a week or two later. This is for life

not until clears up.

Zuni

>

> Hi Bee,

>

> I need your expertise if you have time. The skin of all of fingers is

> peeling and at times it can be quiet painful, to say the least, with

time

> the new exposed skin will crack and bleed making it more painful.

The is

> s

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Maddalena wrote:

>

> Hi Bee, I need your expertise if you have time. The skin of all of

fingers is peeling and at times it can be quiet painful, to say the

least, with time the new exposed skin will crack and bleed making it

more painful. The is something that I've had on and off for a very

long time (years), it usually occurs in the spring and fall. Do you

know why this is happening, also, is there anything I can do or take to

stop from getting worse? I've been putting coconut oil on it for a few

days now and its now working.

==>Maddalena, what you are describing is healing taking place in your

hands, which the body feels is necessary. If you've had it off and on

for years your body may be re-tracing those symptoms and really doing a

job of healing. I'm glad it is improving with the coconut oil. Be

patient, it will continue to improve but it may come and go as your

body re-traces. Did you ever injure, burn or sunburn your hands in the

past as well??

Hugs, Bee

[Guest guest]

Thank you Zuni, for you're advice.

Maddalena

>I'm not Bee, but I have same condition. It was diagnosed as

>dyshidrotic excema...pardon the spelling. Basicly was aggravated by

>allowing skin to become dry. Solution was daily use of good

>cream/oil. Keep skin clean while healing. Will affect hands and

>feet. Good nutrition, with daily intake of good oils. My sister and

>son also have it.

>

>The trick is to be consistent with creams/oils. To miss 3-5 days, and

>then won't start peeling until a week or two later. This is for life

>not until clears up.

>Zuni

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Bee wrote:

>Did you ever injure, burn or sunburn your hands in the

>past as well??

>

Hello Bee, sorry for not replying sooner. I was disconnected from the net

for a couple of day.

The answer to your question is: " Not that I can remember " .

Maddalena

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Hi :

My daughter Hannah has exactly what you described on her hands as well. It is

not all the time and for whatever reason tends to much worse in the summer

months (maybe from chlorine in the pool?). I have asked her ped about it and he

was baffled. I also asked my dermatologist about it and she said she would have

see it on Hannah to be able to tell its cause. So if it something has all

the time, I would see a dermatologist. I would also mention to your rheumy and

see what he/she thinks. I know psoriasis (although this sounds different the

descriptions I have read on psoriasis) and spondy can be closely related.

Please let me know if you learn anything on your son as it sounds just like

Hannah's.

Beth (Hannah, 10 unspecified arthritis; asthma; gerd; migraines)

Sending prayers & happy thoughts,

Beth :-)

Peeling hands

I was wondering if any of you have kids who have peeling hands as a

symptom of their arthritis or any other rheumatic disease. My son

is 14 with HLA B27+ spondy, diagnosed 2.5 years ago. He was on

MTX and naprosyn up until the end of November, and he was doing so

well that his rheumy decided to pull the meds. So far he's done

well and just needs an occasional dose of naprosyn some mornings.

But about a month ago the palms and fingers of both of his hands

started peeling. On his fingers the skins seems to crumble away,

and on his palms he gets puffy white patches about the size of a

dime that then peel off if you touch them. They're kind of like

blisters but without any liquid in them. He has no arthritis pain

or swelling in his hands or fingers, and the white patches don't

hurt. But his hands are left red and raw where the skin peels.

has been referred to a new rheumy (long story involving

insurance) and he doesn't have an appointment with the new one until

the end of February. Until then we are without a rheumy, so I can't

call and ask what they think. 's ped is clueless, he just

prescribed a moisturizing cream which hasn't changed anything.

So does this sound familiar to anyone? Any suggestions about what I

might try before gets to see the rheumy?

[Guest guest]

Chris' hands do get something similar to that, which I have always

attributed to eczema. It is especially bad in winter or when he is doing

a lot of detailing of cars (washing, waxing, etc). He uses a hand cream

I get him from Avon, Intense Moisture Therapy hand cream and it seems to

keep it at bay. The dr has seen it, but we never tried any prescription

type stuff. To be honest, has always had such sensitive skin (from

birth), which the allergist says is all part of this immune system

problem, we have just gotten used to it. Once you see the rheumy, he/she

may have better ideas. For now, you can keep him from using any soaps

other than Ivory. That was a suggestion from the allergist and it worked

for when his skin flares up. Finding a hand cream that helps (for

us lots of trial and error) is also something that may help. Good luck,

Michele ( 19, spondy)

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From: [mailto: ] On

Behalf Of enriquus

Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 2:27 AM

Subject: Peeling hands

I was wondering if any of you have kids who have peeling hands as a

symptom of their arthritis or any other rheumatic disease. My son

is 14 with HLA B27+ spondy, diagnosed 2.5 years ago. He was on

MTX and naprosyn up until the end of November, and he was doing so

well that his rheumy decided to pull the meds. So far he's done

well and just needs an occasional dose of naprosyn some mornings.

But about a month ago the palms and fingers of both of his hands

started peeling. On his fingers the skins seems to crumble away,

and on his palms he gets puffy white patches about the size of a

dime that then peel off if you touch them. They're kind of like

blisters but without any liquid in them. He has no arthritis pain

or swelling in his hands or fingers, and the white patches don't

hurt. But his hands are left red and raw where the skin peels.

has been referred to a new rheumy (long story involving

insurance) and he doesn't have an appointment with the new one until

the end of February. Until then we are without a rheumy, so I can't

call and ask what they think. 's ped is clueless, he just

prescribed a moisturizing cream which hasn't changed anything.

So does this sound familiar to anyone? Any suggestions about what I

might try before gets to see the rheumy?

[Guest guest]

I would agree that you need to see a dermatologist. As said, it could

certainly be psoriasis but then again.. Interestingly, there is more than

one type of psoriasis. I didn't know that until my daughter was diagnosed

with it last year and I started reading everything I could find. By the way,

our pediatrician was also clueless and kept giving me all kinds of

moisturizers that did nothing. 's psoriasis is mostly on her face and

we use Protopic to treat it. (She's also on Remicade and methotrexate for

the arthritis) Really severe psoriasis is sometimes treated with some of the

same meds used for arthritis, but your docs would need to decide what the

right treatment plan is for your son.

I hope you get answers soon,

Liz

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FYI~~~ my 2nd child also had very sensitive skin as a child and we were told

by a dermatologist that Ivory was the worst soap we could buy. So I guess

there are differing schools of thought on that one. We were told to buy

Purpose (had to ask the pharmacist!). It was pricey, so we told the other

kids they weren't allowed to use it!

Liz

[Guest guest]

That is funny, because we were told that because it is pure soap - no

deodorants or anything like that - it was the best thing for his skin.

Now that was a few years ago (like 10) or maybe because of what his skin

was like? Also it was an allergist who told us that, so maybe it is

different schools of thought. When he was little, the only baby soap I

could use was Phisoderm for babies. Anything else would make him get a

horrible rash. Michele

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From: [mailto: ] On

Behalf Of liz smith

Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 12:04 PM

Subject: RE: Peeling hands

FYI~~~ my 2nd child also had very sensitive skin as a child and we were

told

by a dermatologist that Ivory was the worst soap we could buy. So I

guess

there are differing schools of thought on that one. We were told to buy

Purpose (had to ask the pharmacist!). It was pricey, so we told the

other

kids they weren't allowed to use it!

Liz

[Guest guest]

,

Aundrea had peeling of skin on her hands particularly her fingers

along with her knees and ankles. She only had this with her first

two major flares which was 4 years ago.

She also had blisters which appeared on her red rash and seemed to be

filled with water. I think I have pictures of this in the systemic

photo album. I believe Aundrea's pics are on pg 2. Can't remember

if i put a pic of the peeling skin or not.

Aundrea was given an ointment which did nothing. Never found out the

cause of the peeling. Interestingly enough the peeling occured on

the joints that she was having the most pain with.

(Aundrea 11 systemic jra/gerd)

>

> I was wondering if any of you have kids who have peeling hands as a

> symptom of their arthritis or any other rheumatic disease. My son

> is 14 with HLA B27+ spondy, diagnosed 2.5 years ago. He was

on

> MTX and naprosyn up until the end of November, and he was doing so

> well that his rheumy decided to pull the meds. So far he's done

> well and just needs an occasional dose of naprosyn some mornings.

> But about a month ago the palms and fingers of both of his hands

> started peeling. On his fingers the skins seems to crumble away,

> and on his palms he gets puffy white patches about the size of a

> dime that then peel off if you touch them. They're kind of like

> blisters but without any liquid in them. He has no arthritis pain

> or swelling in his hands or fingers, and the white patches don't

> hurt. But his hands are left red and raw where the skin peels.

>

> has been referred to a new rheumy (long story involving

> insurance) and he doesn't have an appointment with the new one

until

> the end of February. Until then we are without a rheumy, so I

can't

> call and ask what they think. 's ped is clueless, he just

> prescribed a moisturizing cream which hasn't changed anything.

>

> So does this sound familiar to anyone? Any suggestions about what

I

> might try before gets to see the rheumy?

>

>

>