I am 25 year old female, I have a very painful/itchy condition on my hands. It started on just my right palm as a very small area of peeling skin, then a red dot appeared, which turned into a blister, and then it spread into lots of blisters, the blisters are white & pustular, once the blisters dry out, they generally develop a crust over them which peels off in big hard pieces of skin, like scales, sometimes it gets so dried out that my hand fissures completely causing serious pain & sometimes bleeding. I have had this for about 7 months, and it seems to only get worse. Ive seen doctors & such, they seem to believe its dishydrotic eczema, however my mother also has this condition, and has only had it for a little over a year, and before her my stepdad had this condition for about a year before she got this. So to me it seems contagious, strange part being ive been with my boyfriend for over a year & he has not acquired this condition. Also treatments they have given me, such as corticosteroid ointments/creams/emollients, only seem to spread this condition & make it worse. The only treatment that showed any sign of improvement was oral antibiotics along with an antibiotic cream, however, the cream doesnt seem to work on its own, and after going through two 10 day courses of oral antibiotics, they dont wish to give me more of them. It is so painful and itchy, not to mention embarrassing & its really starting to freak me out. I am dying to figure out what this could possibly be & what to do about it, before it starts spreading further than my hands. My mom has it on her hands, feet & legs, my stepdad had it on his hands & arms, Im hoping someone, anyone, can please help me!