Saturday, April 24, 2010

Should a severe skin rash be covered with an ace bandage or cloth?

Help! i have a severe rash on both my hands and i have been putting lotion on them every day and that isnt working and i cant even wash my hands because it hurts so bad should i keep putting lotion on it or would a cloth or ace bandage work to help keep it covered! Any advice on this is greatly apprecitaed!|||Try neosporin instead of the lotion, it may help clear it up.|||Why would you keep doing something that isn't working in the first place! Don't put anything on it, take some Benedryl and go see a Doctor!|||noo definitley not! never cover a skin rash with material b/c you need your skin to breathe. I suggest getting some irritation medication from the drug store (like a topical cream) and applying that 3 times a day! I'm a nurse, so i'm pretty sure with this one!





good luck with the rash!|||During the day, it would be a good idea to wear thin rubber gloves whenever you can to keep the moisture in and the dirt out...At night when you sleep, let the air get to them...use desitin on them as well....|||NO ACE BANDAGE!!





Go to your doctor if they are still open....if they are not, go to the ER. If you can not afford it, go to the pharmacy, ask to see the pharmacist---ask them SPECIFICALLY what type of cream they recommend for it.......he may tell you to go to the ER.





Now....depending on what it looks like:





chicken pox? most likely not if it isnt anywhere else





eczema---usually you know before you are an adult that you have it....but.....sometimes no one bothered to tell you---that can be isolated to your hands.





Yeast/fungal infection---VERY ITCHY, oozes puss. needs miconizole or clortimazole cream. THIS you can cover with cotton gloves after treating to keep from spreading it....but, only after you know what it is.





Contact dermatitis---soaps/fragrances in soaps, foaming soaps, over washing hands can make it worse.





Allergic to something---similiar to the dermatitis, but, could be specifiically a reaction in that specific area---like touching a dog or poison ivy, or hay that you are allergic to.





Some things that may provide relieve---benedryl 25-50 mg 4 times a day.





Benedryl cream---they recommend you do NOT use both forms of benedryl at the same time.





hydrocortizone cream---will help with the itch and the swelling.





for lotion, I highly recommend the gold bond ultimate line of lotions---provided you are NOT allergic to any of the ingrediants in it. FYI---my sister is allergic to aloe---and what you are discribing is similiar to what she gets when she uses ANY products with aloe in them.





Dove soap---but, if you do not know if it is a fungus, you may wish to get the pump of the dove soap---so you do not spread it around on the bar of soap, and keep picking it back up every time you wash---or the rash will not go away.





good luck to you.





ps---a doctor, or a walk in urgent care center should be able to treat you

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