Pompholyx sufferers?

kwalsh000

Hey all
Found my way over here and thought Id see if theres anyone else who suffers from Pompholyx

Pompholyx is also known as dyshidrosis and dyshidrotic eczema

I used to suffer mild cases a few years ago on and off but in the past year it has gotten really bad in terms of out breaks and am trying topical steroids and oral ones aswell (which seemed to work last time). It get so bad at times i cant really do much let alone drive without pain from the steering wheel.

One thing I did notice was when i was away in the Philippines for a month was that my skin was perfect. It was starting when i arrived but in days had left and no problems until the day i came back to Ireland it flared up.

Annywhoo..just seeing if theres anyone else out there suffering from it and if they have found anything that helps? Already had the allergy testing

Dara130

Hey, I just did the same as you and searched for pompholyx on here to see if anyone had put anything up. Going through a bit of a nightmare myself, been to about 4-5 GP's, 2 dermatologists and even some holistic people to try and figure it out but it was only when I did a bit of research myself I came up with pompholyx / dyshidrotic eczema. I know diagnosing yourself on the Internet isn't the most intelligent thing in the world to do but when you've been to so many 'specialists' there's not much else you can do, and with all the stuff I've read I'm 100% sure that's it. Did you ever get yours sorted out? I usually get patches on my feet from time to time that go of their own accord eventually but this time I just can't shift it and it's getting worse by the day(small patches now appearing on my hands). Was at a dermatologist about a month or 2 ago and got prescribed a load of anti fungal stuff (tablets, creams, powders, the works) and it didn't have any effect. The start of it deteriorating seemed to coincide with moving into my new apartment so what I'm thinking now is maybe it's the water in the place. I read in a few places that hard water and high chemical contents can bring it on. I'm going try getting a filter for my shower and hope that that does something, starting to get quite painful to walk on and the patches are building up on my hands so if that doesn't work I may have to consider amputation which is a road I don't really want to go down! Good luck and if you have somehow found a miracle cure in the last couple of months please let me know!

kwalsh000

Sorry only seeing this now Dara,

No miracle cure unfortunatly :P I did get an allergy test to find out what may set it off, metals, leather, rubber etc but like you i notice water esp hot water sets it off. I was prescribed Predisolone (sp?) an oral steroid tablet that kills it off nicely but it cant be taken too often and it will get rid of it for a month or just a week. I might try the water filter idea of yours though.

I know how depressing it can be at times to have it, theres times when i cant even open my hand due to cracking and cuts caused by it. The best thing I have found so far though is to keep away from creams (the topical steroid ones do work at times but are damaging to the skin) and keeping my hands dry has helped reduce the severity of the outbreaks, talcing powder aswell is useful!

Hopefully a cure is found!