About two years ago, it began. I noticed tiny, flesh-coloured bumps on my fingers ― they itched so badly I was tempted to ...

Q. Today, I was diagnosed with dyshidrosis and told that moisture brings it on. I have no idea what it is; I’ve had it for months. It’s a very itchy, irritating, bumpy rash on both feet. The doctor ...

ECZEMA is an umbrella term for a group of medical conditions that irritate the skin. While some forms are more common than others, certain symptoms can signify a form called pompholyx. Eczema is a ...

The medical term for this condition is pompholyx, a type of hand eczema. This condition starts with tiny bumps/blisters deep in the skin of the palm and fingers. The bumps are often extremely itchy or ...

Tilbury Fox first described dyshidrosis in 1873. [1,2] He chose the term "dyshidrosis" (which means "difficult sweating") because of his belief that this condition was the result of poral occlusion ...

I suffer from pompholyx, an eczema-like foot condition. It affects only one of my feet but, despite using numerous cortisone creams, I cannot get rid of it. I have to take antihistamines in order to ...