Small blisters on hands

Introduction Small blisters on the hands are common in sweat herpes. Sweat is also known as a sweaty rash, which is a type of skin eczema. Symmetry occurs on the side of the hand or foot. It is a vesicular skin disease that occurs in the palm of your hand. It is often named after the blisters in the winter. Common in crack eczema and hand eczema. The course of disease is longer and generally more stubborn and difficult to treat.

Cause

Modern people work under pressure and the spirit is in a state of high tension. Especially for some white-collar workers, because of the limited working environment, the hands and feet are more prone to sweating, fungal infections and allergic reactions can cause sweat herpes. Summer is hot and so sweaty. Herpes is more common in summer. Because it occurs in the place where the sweat glands are particularly developed in the hands and feet, and the blisters are the main performance, it was once thought to be related to sweating sweat glands, and it was named as sweat herpes. It has been confirmed that it is not associated with sweat glands and sweating. The symptoms of sweat herpes are deep small blisters, miliary to rice size, slightly higher than the surface of the skin, often without redness. Symmetry occurs on the palm and finger (toe) sides. After 1-2 weeks, the sputum is dry and can be repeated, with varying degrees of burning and itching, often for several years.

The current medical science for the cause of sweat herpes is not very clear, only a few patients found that the body is related to mold infection or metal allergy and even emotional stress. May be related to mental stress, sweating of hands and feet, fungal infections and allergies. More common in summer.

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Fungal examination of herpes simplex virus (HSV)

Deep small blisters, miliary to rice size, slightly higher than the skin surface, often no redness. Symmetry occurs on the palm and finger (toe) sides. The hairdresser is exposed to various kinds of cleaning agents such as shampoo, perm, hair dye, soap, etc.; construction workers are exposed to cement, and rubber workers, fishery workers, medical personnel, etc. are closely related to the substances in contact with the hands, and some substances are in contact with the disease. There are also mental factors such as depression and anxiety.

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis of small blisters on hand:

How is acne and sweat herpes different?

Acne is a chronic contagious skin disease caused by aphids. Occurs in the thin and tender folds of the skin (such as finger joints, scrotum, inner thighs, armpits, elbow fossa, female breasts, chest, back), common miliary size erythematous papules, itching, and itching at night, Very contagious and spreading quickly.

The difference between sweat herpes and blister

(1) The cause of the disease is different first. The cause of handcuffs is clear, which is caused by fungal infection. The cause of sweat herpes is unknown, which may be related to mental stress, sweating of hands and feet, fungal infection and allergic reaction.

(2) Different parts of the disease, handcuffs occur in the palm of the hand, the back of the hand, and the big fish, which is characterized by small blisters.

What is the difference between sweat herpes and athlete's foot?

There is no fungal infection in sweat herpes, which is generally considered to be a type of eczema, and symmetry occurs on the side of the hand or foot. It is a vesicular skin disease that occurs in the palm of your hand. Because it occurs in places where the sweat glands of the hands and feet are particularly developed, and blisters are the main performance, it was thought to be related to sweating sweat glands. Small blisters on the hands should also be distinguished from small blisters in other parts of the body:

There are small blisters on the lips: cheilitis is a mucosal disease with dry lips, cleft palate, and desquamation as the main clinical manifestations. There are dry desquamation cheilitis, allergic cheilitis, benign lymphoproliferative cheilitis, granuloma. Various types of cheilitis, glandular cheilitis, fungal cheilitis, photosensitive cheilitis. According to the course of the disease, there may be acute and chronic cheilitis.

Small blisters on the back: small blisters on the back are caused by tinea versicolor, which occurs in sweaty areas such as the chest, abdomen, upper arms, back and neck, and sometimes on the face. The rash begins with tiny spots, mostly around the mouth of the hair follicle, and then gradually enlarges to form patches of varying sizes ranging from pale to dark brown, with small squama-like scales visible on it. Skin lesions develop with the prolongation of time, and spots of pigment loss can be formed over a long period of time, and it is not easy to subside. Pityriasis versicolor usually has few inflammatory reactions because the fungus only parasitizes the stratum corneum of the skin. When the skin lesions are active, occasionally there may be itching.

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