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Problem Of Skin Cracking Around The Finger Nails On Both Hands, Bleed, Hurt.
Hi, I have a problem every year with skin cracking around the finger nails on both hands an all fingers at different times. They bleed an hurt an I wear gloves when I can but it still happens an it s only October an it s already started. I m saying it s so bad that it gets hard to use my hands especially in the medical field which I work in.
Wed, 30 Oct 2013
hi i think u are suffering from irritant dermatitis.due to xerosis of skin.it can be due to excessive washing of the hands or working in the chemicals.it can be cured by application of moisteriser daily once and dipsalic ointment over the lesions ,use of atarax 25 mg at night,antibiotic twice daily can cure the condition.regular moisterising the hands can reducer the recurrences
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