It's been weeks since ive developed this symptom, I guess you would say. It started sometime in June I'm thinking it is of some kind allergic reaction? Small little pussy bumps on my hands/fingers and some on my feet. They are real itchy, I pop them and put neosporin on it and cover with a bandaid. After they pop it leaves my skin dry and itchy then more form.. what's going on? What are they? And what causes them? I'd there something out there that could get rid of them? It been very frustrating to deal with.
Small itchy bumps on hands?
Question posted by Anonymous on 12 July 2013
Last updated on 29 July 2020
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Maite melgoza
28 June 2014
I had the exact same problem, I started around the time when I was in 6th grade with the weird looking bumps. I would pop them because I didn't know what they were but all it did was make it get worse. I was to emberessed to Tell my parents about it. But then it started to get really bad and my nails were changing color they started turning white and yellow it wasn't till about 2 years ago my patterns decided to take me to the doctor and my doctor had said it was some kind of fungus and gave me some creme , but it really didn't help .. I went back a couple more times when finally my doctor decided to send me to a dermatologist. All he did was look at my hand and say that I had psoriasis and that he couldn't do anything about it. I later went back because it was getting so bad he finally decided to get a sample of my nail and skin and do some exams and take blood out ..
They called me almost a week later and told me that I didn't have psoriasis but that I had some kind of fungus and that it was curable he prescribed some pills that would kill the fungus and an anti itch creme this was around April .. Around the ends of May i took my nail polish off and realized that my nails were starting to grow normal and my skin was no longer itchy with the watery bumps when I finished the pills the dermatologist gave me another creme to prevent that from happening again and it's been about a year and half and my hands are great ! I hope this helps
Jasminembrown
12 Jan 2015
I'm having the same problem and I have been experiencing this for about three months now. After reading your experience I think it's best I go immediately because it look likes it's getting more worse... bump wise.
xxxunknownxxx
24 Aug 2015
I find it baffling how everyone in this post who experiences these problems, (which is alot) all seem to have experienced this problem between 2014-2015, im no doctor nor am i a scientist but i believe that's a pretty narrow window and a bit strange this didnt occur to ANYONE until theee past couple of years. And when i go to my family doctor, ( Aultman ) they tell me they're not sure what exactly it is and they've already prescribed 20+ different drugs and antibiotics to defeat this problem and even a couple of steroid creams. All have failed and this infection seems to be advancing slowly, but surely. I will post more once i see a dermatologist, though my mystery remains in that this didn't occur to anyone else before 2014 i will do my best to find a cure.
xxxunknownxxx
24 Aug 2015
2013-2015 sorry for the error
Jasminembrown
25 Aug 2015
I went to the doctor in May of this year and they prescribed me a steroid & fungal cream (all in one) and I'm on my second refill of this cream and so far it has stopped the bumps from getting worse. My doctor said it looked like a fungal infection because it also infected my thumbnail, which caused it to become flaky and peel easily, but that too is slowly growing back nicely because I'm also taking biotin pills. Because of the itching and bumps I got peeling skin on my palm and for that I use triple antibiotic sab and shea butter to heal it and it works perfectly.
garrettkeithbeck
3 Jan 2017
Antibiotics are a no-go for fungus not only do they not kill the fungus they kill off your good bacteria and make the condition worse in the long run
AFatWalrus
2 Oct 2017
Wow thanks! I’m in 5th grade and these dumbs started to develop over summer break, and I told my school nurse and she said it was poison ivy, but then I said it’s been there for like 2 months she said well have a doctor look at it, I’m going to one tomorrow to see what’s wrong
owlman1
29 July 2020
i am having this issue now. it's happens to me more now on this pandemic . hot water make it worse but the itch i find satisfying then suffer later . i have change soap and using cooler water. getting better. it is nasty to deal with in the morning, and every time i was my hands. i have been using a sugar, salt and olive oil scurb on bad days seem to help for a little while. i know i wash my hands alot through out the day. looking at everyone stories i feel everyone pain . i have seen many doctors on this but they can offer care , but no cure, i can't miss work for 7 to 10 days while it heals and keeping them in a glove drives me crazy. i just want the itching to stop
dazeimet
6 May 2014
I've had the same problem. Itchy palms that form a pimple like blister that pops and turns into a hard skin crust that's thick. When it seems like it's getting better, it starts all over again. After doing research and going to the doctor with what I thought, I was right. It's called dyshidrosis, and is in the exzema family. The only way to get rid of it is by steroid cream. Good luck!!
Rere777
6 Aug 2016
Which kind
Sportug
27 March 2014
I don't have an answer but I am wanting to know xoxo386 if you have found out what it is. I have been searching the web for some time now with mixed signals. You have explained it exactly how I would have and exactly what I am experiencing. I have stopped popping them because I have noticed the spread as well. I have them on my feet, hands and abdomen area. Any insight you have would be most helpful!
garrettkeithbeck
3 Jan 2017
Sound like a secondary out brake caused by a systemic fungal infection could be the result of candida imbalance in your body
garrettkeithbeck
3 Jan 2017
Acidophilus and other Probiotic foods will help with this Activia yogurt pickles sauerkraut kimchi Etc,
garrettkeithbeck
3 Jan 2017
I have had this problem before and the doctor treated it with Lamisil pills it takes a while but they work he told me the only way to treat this type of infection is internally
Ashlee caywood
17 Sep 2017
Google images for dyshidrotic eczema... It's what I finally got diagnosed with after years of dealing with the same symptoms.
angel1662
13 July 2013
hello xoxo386
Make an appt with your dermatologist... I have the same exact thing and have had it for many a yr... I believe u have ezema... I no I spelled that wrong... but they look like them little ulcers u get under your tongue when u eat to much acid... no one in all the research I have done seems to no the exact cause but a lot say do to stress which I have panic/agoraphobia among other things so this would make sense to me..mine itch to were I want to rip my skin off and after scratching so hard it's like a blister fluid comes out... and then after a while it turns into a sort of dry skin and takes a while for the skin to heal sounds like what u got... see a dermatolagist a.s.a.p they can prescribe things for u..keep me posted..
endlessPred
12 July 2013
General doctor is fine too. Sounds like hoof and mouth disease or one similar. Contagious and goes away on its own. But very irritating so see the doctor right away and use plenty of soap and water on your hands to keep it from spreading. Be careful sharing anything including beverages you have touched until they find exactly what it is.
Oh, stop popping them. You are spreading the infection in the air. Wear white gloves on your hands if you are concerned. They are at the pharmacy.
kaismama
12 July 2013
I would say see a dermatologist. Something is going on that needs attention.
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