Itchy, peeling, burning skin on fingers, started with little bumps

[tmc77649]

I noticed little bumps on my pinky and ring finger on my left hand about a week ago.  Now my two fingers are swollen, itchy, burning, peeling, flaky and red.  I am not sure what it is and I don't have anything like this anywhere else.  The little bumps started peeling and now both fingers look really gross and are painful.

[itchsolution]

Yes! Use the NYSTATIN AND TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONE CREAM. It is the ONLY thing that works for mine.

[Vance23]

I have the something on my index and middle fingers on both hands. Mine is caused from a gluten intolerance and possibly a dairy intolerance ( we are testing the dairy now) I know that even the smallest hint of gluten makes mine flare up so bad. Just a thought.... Try cutting gluten or dairy or both from your diet and see what happens.

[kwensher]

All of this has been very helpful to me, with the same pimply, itchy til it bleeds and oozes, swollen symptoms on my hands, accompanied by acne breakouts on my face.  Sephora carries the Boscia line of natural skin care that has always worked for my face - use it with proper moisturizer.  For my hand, I believe it is allergy related as that tends to cause my topical dermatitis to flare up also.  I use Aveeno fragrance free lotion daily and pile on the cortizone 10 cream (aveeno and benadryl make creams also) when my skin needs extra help.  For the fingers, I started putting neosporin on the affected area and covered it with a band aid at night.  It helps, but I am still contemplating another visit to the dermatologist.  Some other things I do for my skin include; washing with luke warm (not hot) water, wear gloves while cleaning or handling chemicals/fragrances.  For those wondering if it could be an allergy, allergies can be developed and seasonal ones come and go with varying degrees of symptoms, the problem is that there may not be anything different in your normal routine and a flare up happens anyways.  Track your use of products for a few days and note if anything triggers an irritant, even dish soap and dryer sheets could cause a break out/flare up.  I must note that this is only from my personal experience, I do not work in the medical or cosmetic world so if your concern isn't cured by over the counter creams in a few days, call your Doctor.

[helper34]

I may be a little late or off the mark in regard to whom I'm responding, but I want this message to be available to everyone in case it helps. Years ago I suffered from many symptoms from itchy fingers that would literally spontaneously form cracks and bleed, to small fluid-filled bumps, to face swelling, peeling, bleeding, oozing, burning, etc. It all started with little flares of the face, and then it appeared on my hands. At a certain point, like clock work every time, my face would literally peel off and it would look perfect, as if I had just had a facial. Then, how ever many days later, the cycle would start again. I went through this for over three years. Dermatologists couldn't help, I even went to a reproductive endo. Because I thought maybe it was hormonal...no dice. Finally, I went to my allergy specialist and he sat down with me and said that he couldn't help me but he knew who could. Please note though that during the entire time all of this was happening I kept very very detailed notes on when my flare-ups started, what the symptoms were, and I even took pictures. I showed all of that to my allergist and he said it was fantastic that I had done that because it would greatly help with diagnosing.

He sent me to an immune specialist he went to school with. I went to that Dr. And he was the only Dr. In all of those years to figure out that I had a staph infection. He was able to figure it out because of the pictures I had taken. Turns out he thinks I got it from plucking my eyebrows so it started on my face and took its time traveling to my hands. Naturally, getting a staph infection can happen in many different ways, not just plucking. If you suspect this, just go to a Dr. Who can take a nose swab/culture. They'll culture both nostrils (this is where the staph/mrsa grows) with a giant q-tip. Its not a big deal at all, not painful at all, just feels a bit funky having a giant q-tip shoved up your nostrils. I was given a 10 or 15 day (can't remember now) antibiotic of bactrim. I hope this may help someone to have a shorter road to diagnosis than I did. Feel free to ask questions, I'll try to remember to check back.

[ES1234]

I think I have the same thing. I have the itchy, burning, oozing bumps on my right pinky finger on my pointer finger and in between all my fingers on my right hand. I found this a little odd because I am left handed. All the skin in between my fingers is extremely dry rough and flakey. I have had this for about a year and hope it doesn't get worse. I have been told by doctors it is multiple things before, dry skin, sensitive skin, scabies, eczema, that I touched something that I'm allergic to. I have reicved different creams for the different things they thought it was. I reicved scabies cream a few times because they thought i had it again even though it never completely went away after using the scabies cream 3 times. *******The best soulution I have found is Vaseline, Triamcinolone Acetonide ointment, and anti itch cream. I use the Vaseline daily and the ointment and anti itch cream every few days.. Aveeno Baby also helps but that's just me. Baby lotion makes it burn!!!******* but it hasn't gone away those items just help some

[Emm234]

I have had this for years as well. Went to doctors, tried all kinds of things. I used to get it on my lips as well and it would turn into the worst dry cracked lips ever. I finally figured out it is a yeast allergy. I was making bread with my mom and I put my hands in the dough. They immediately began to itch and broke out in the bumps all over. After lengthy elimination diets I have discovered I am allergic to yeast and some wheat. When I cut them both out of my diet a laundry list of other problems went away as well. (Dry itchy patches of skin, acne, stomach upset) Try it for two weeks. You may be surprised!