Hand-foot syndrome

Introduction to Hand and Foot Syndrome It is a palm-staple sensation or a erythema caused by chemotherapy. It is a skin toxicity that occurs mainly in the stressed area. Tumor patients can occur during chemotherapy or molecular targeted therapy. Features are numbness, dullness, paresthesia, tingling, painless or painful, swollen skin or erythema, scaling, chapped, hard-like blisters or severe pain. basic knowledge The proportion of illness: 0.001% Susceptible people: no special people Mode of infection: non-infectious Complications: swelling

Causes of hand-foot syndrome

Hand-foot syndrome is an acne-like erythema caused by palm-sole sensation or chemotherapy.

Hand and foot syndrome prevention

1. Try to avoid friction between hands and feet and contact with high temperature items in daily life. For example, patients should not wear tight and uncomfortable shoes. Avoid friction and pressure on hands and feet, avoid intense exercise and physical labor, and reduce The number of times the hands and feet are in contact with hot water, including dishwashing and hot bathing. Wearing dishwashing gloves does not reduce the damage because rubber stores heat and damages the skin of the palm.

2, the use of shock-absorbing insole, you can wear slippers at home, sitting or lying in the higher position, can prevent hand and foot syndrome.

3. Oral administration of vitamin B6 and Celebrex under the guidance of a doctor.

4, keeping the skin of the hands and feet moist can help prevent and make the lesions heal soon. Soak your hands and feet in warm water for 10 minutes, wipe them dry, and apply a skin cream, such as Vaseline ointment. This effectively absorbs moisture onto the skin.

5. Avoid exposure to the sun. In the case of hand-foot syndrome, a sunscreen with a sun protection index of at least 30 should be applied to the sun. In the winter, the sun can only be sun-bathed after a sunny window.

6. Apply a cream containing lanolin to the hands and feet to reduce scaling, ulcers and pain in the skin.

7. Use antifungal or antibiotic treatment under the guidance of a doctor if necessary.

8. If there is blisters, please ask the medical staff.

Hand and foot syndrome complications Complications swelling

There is swelling in the hands and feet.

Symptoms of Hand and Foot Syndrome Common Symptoms Swelling of the hands and feet, numb hands and feet, thick blistering of the feet

Grade 1: Characterized by any of the following phenomena: numbness/spyness/sensation of the hands and/or feet, painless swelling or erythema and/or discomfort that does not affect normal activity.

Grade 2: Painful erythema and swelling of the hands and/or feet and/or discomfort that affects the patient's daily activities.

Grade 3: hand and/or foot wet desquamation, ulcers, blisters or severe pain and/or severe discomfort that prevents the patient from working or performing daily activities. Strong pain, loss of skin function, relatively rare.

Hand and foot syndrome check

Hand and/or foot wet desquamation, ulcers, blisters or severe pain and/or severe discomfort that prevents the patient from working or performing daily activities. Strong pain, loss of skin function, relatively rare.

Diagnosis and differentiation of hand and foot syndrome

HFSR is characterized by numbness, dullness, paresthesia, tingling, painless or painful sensation, swollen skin or erythema, scaling, chapped, hard-like blisters or severe pain.

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