Chapped skin

Introduction Skin splitting: refers to the skin splitting due to freezing: such as the back of the hand. Hand and foot chapped is medically known as cleft palate, which occurs in areas with thick or frequent rubbing of the skin, such as fingers, palms, heels, and toes. As the age increases, the sebaceous glands of the elderly shrink. In the cold and dry winter, the skin lacking sebum will become brittle and lose elasticity. When local activity or pulling force is large, the chance of cleft palate is greatly increased. .

Cause

Due to the cold sweating in winter, it often rubs, and the skin loses moisture and becomes dry and cleft. More common in the palm of the hand, the tip of the ten fingers, the hand side, the foot side, the heel, the child's face, etc., can be seen in different lengths, different depths of the crack, deep can have bleeding, pain more dramatic. It should nourish the skin and moisturize.

As for the splitting of hands and feet, also known as cleft palate is a common skin disease in winter, related to dryness, and related to occupation. Some people may wash and cook every day. They should be exposed to some fat-soluble or alkaline substances. The skin of hands and feet is often chapped due to lack of moisture. In severe cases, the cleft palate can reach the deep muscular layer, which has obvious pain and even affects hand and foot activities and skin lesions. From cracking to cracking to cleft palate, it is a crack of varying length and length, which occurs mostly in the flexion of the fingers and palms, the heel, the toe, and the foot.

Hand and foot chapped is medically known as cleft palate, which occurs in areas with thick or frequent rubbing of the skin, such as fingers, palms, heels, and toes. As the age increases, the sebaceous glands of the elderly shrink. In the cold and dry winter, the skin lacking sebum will become brittle and lose elasticity. When local activity or pulling force is large, the chance of cleft palate is greatly increased. .

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Cleft palate is more common in the palm of the hand, the tip of the ten fingers, the side of the hand, the side of the foot, the heel, the face of the child, etc., showing cracks of varying lengths and depths, deep in the case of bleeding, pain more dramatic. It should nourish the skin and moisturize. As for the splitting of hands and feet, also known as cleft palate is a common skin disease in winter, related to dryness, and related to occupation. Some people may wash and cook every day. They should be exposed to some fat-soluble or alkaline substances. The skin of hands and feet is often chapped due to lack of moisture. In severe cases, the cleft palate can reach the deep muscular layer, which has obvious pain and even affects hand and foot activities and skin lesions. From cracking to cracking to cleft palate, it is a crack of varying length and length, which occurs mostly in the flexion of the fingers and palms, the heel, the toe, and the foot.

Differential diagnosis

1. Toe type ankle: the most common type. People who are more likely to wear sweaty hands and feet and wear rubber shoes for a long time are often more or more severe in summer. It is most common between 4~5 and 3~4 toes. The lesions are characterized by erythema, desquamation, cleft palate and impregnation, accompanied by itching. In severe cases, erosions and ulcers can be seen. Complications include bacterial infections, sputum rash reactions, erysipelas, cellulitis, and the like.

2. Keratinized ankle: diffuse hyperkeratosis, erythema, desquamation and cleft palate on one or both sides of the ankle. The symptoms are mild, and every winter, cleft palate, bleeding, and pain are prone to occur. Often chronic, treatment is more difficult.

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