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Andie 
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Posted: 27 January 2008 at 9:41pm |
OK so it's not Ella - she's got the regular kind of eczema, and thankfully she doesn't have too much trouble with it. No, it's me who has these itchy, annoying blisters that appear on my feet and hands during a flare-up, and finally my GP diagnosed dyshidrotic eczema, a.k.a vesicular eczema. It started years ago, but co-incided with the onset of a rather serious and long-term condition that I had and Doc's always put them down to that but were unable to explain what they were or why they appeared. It's great to now know what it is, but it's getting really annoying this summer (only appears in summer months). Does anyone else have this or have kids with it, and what have you found helpful? I moisturise heaps, use aqueous cream, don't soap up, and don't sunbathe this summer, but it's getting worse rather than better. The only seasonal changes to my diet are about more salads in summer (which has never been a problem), but not this year - I've just been chugging on with the winter veg mostly.
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kezplanet
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Posted: 28 January 2008 at 1:22am |
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Andie are the blisters you have, do they form like a bubble raising your skin or like a dormant type blister that forms under the skin & looks like your have wee holes under your skin ..... kinda like swiss cheese? (i know sounds weird but kinda hard to explain!!)
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Posted: 28 January 2008 at 8:47am |
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what are the ones that look like holes under your skin? I get that on my hands from time to time, I think. Sorry no idea Andie...
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Posted: 28 January 2008 at 12:12pm |
My sister gets this quite bad Andie and Tobin gets it a little bit on his hands. She hasn't found a cure for it yet though!
Check this site out - though don't get too freaked out!!
Derm Net NZ
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Posted: 28 January 2008 at 2:10pm |
thoses photos look like the rash james has on his feet after being at the beach the outher day ummmmmmmm now thats got my thinking 
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Posted: 28 January 2008 at 2:29pm |
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Did his feet get burned on the sand Lu?
TBH - the photos don't look anything like what my sister and Tobin have had. The pics are of more extreme cases.
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Posted: 28 January 2008 at 8:51pm |
they could of niki but it donst look like a burn if ya no what i mean i relly dont know what it is going to docs tomorrow so will find out then 
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Posted: 28 January 2008 at 8:53pm |
Yeah, that's exactly it (gross pics eh! And thank god I've not had an infection like a couple of those poor sods!). And to answer your q Kerryn, kinda a bit of both. Luckily my hands have been mild in recent years - just crazy with dryness and some peeling where the blisters have been, but were teeny tiny ones. I'd love to have something more effective than a steroid cream and moisturisers in my arsenal.
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Posted: 29 January 2008 at 11:31am |
Wow, have just had a look at that site & thats my teenage years!!! down to the secondary infections and uv treatment.
The blisters under skin are usually the beginning of an outbreak
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