Pimples on the hands never appear out of nowhere - there are reasons for their occurrence that need to be clarified before starting therapy. Provocateurs of such a symptom can be both physiological processes occurring in the body and some external factors.
But a very dangerous situation is when the formation of areas covered with rashes is caused by pathological processes. At the same time, pimples on the fingers can appear not only due to dermatological diseases, but also against the background of disruption of the functioning of internal organs or entire systems.
We will find out all the possible factors that provoke this symptom. The treatment of the rash on the fingers will depend on what exactly caused it.
Reasons for appearance
The rash is not only allergic. If watery pimples appear on the skin, and their appearance is accompanied by an increase in temperature, an infectious disease such as chickenpox, measles or rubella has arisen on the skin. Sometimes these formations itch, like allergic ones, but in the case of an infectious disease they spread not only to the fingers, but to the whole body. Their number and the accompanying itching can be reduced with the help of antiallergic medication, after which you need to consult a specialist.
If the skin has cracks, scratches or other damage, the patient may have a fungal infection. In this case, the skin flakes and peels. Pimples may appear on the fingers at the site of injury. A rash does not always indicate some serious illness. Sometimes it can occur due to a lack of nutrients or metabolic disorders in the body. Acne often appears in people who have problems with the gastrointestinal tract.
Sometimes the appearance of such formations is inherited. Treating rashes is difficult and takes a long time. Such a rash can be located not only on the fingers, but throughout the body. In rare cases, the appearance of pimples between the fingers is associated with hormonal imbalance. Rashes most often occur in adolescents, pregnant women, women during menopause or during menstruation.
A rash on the hands can sometimes appear due to nervous tension. It occurs due to stress and does not go away as long as there is an irritant to the nervous system. Pimples on the hands can appear in people who do not maintain hygiene and ignore hand washing.
Prevention
To prevent unpleasant pimples from appearing on your hands, you must follow preventive measures:
- When washing dishes, doing laundry, or cleaning the room, you should only wear household gloves, which will protect the skin from aggressive chemical compounds.
- Reduce physical contact with people who are not part of your circle of loved ones and acquaintances. After shaking hands, you must wash your hands thoroughly.
- In cold windy weather, as well as in frost, you need to wear gloves that will prevent dehydration and chapping of the skin.
- It is necessary to minimize the number of stressful situations.
- Even with minor scratches and cracks of the skin, it is recommended to carry out antiseptic treatment so as not to leave a gateway for infectious pathogens.
- If you have an allergic reaction, it is important to be careful when coming into contact with potential allergens.
The appearance of subcutaneous formations
Subcutaneous acne can appear for various reasons, so it can be short-term, with mild symptoms, or more serious, global. One reason is heredity. The disease can be transmitted to Daria from close or distant relatives. Such an ailment should be treated only with the involvement of specialists.
Most often, doctors prescribe vitamins A and E, which are simply irreplaceable for the skin. They nourish, moisturize, heal and restore it. Treatment cannot be done without antibiotics, and in parallel, doctors recommend the use of cosmetics that can improve the appearance of the skin of the fingers. But subcutaneous acne is not always a serious disease. If the disease is not confirmed, you can use traditional methods.
Such rashes should be seen by a doctor
To prevent subcutaneous acne from appearing, it is recommended to constantly take warm baths for your hands. Salt baths are considered the simplest recipe. To prepare them, you only need purchased sea salt and warm water.
Patients who do not have time for lotions can use procedures with iodine. To do this, just apply the product precisely to the blisters that have formed. This method should not be abused, because the alcohol solution can dry out the skin and cause itching, peeling and wound formation. To prevent infection, you can apply ichthyol ointment to your fingers. To combat subcutaneous acne, it is recommended to use lemon juice.
What to do during an exacerbation?
During the acute period, it is recommended to adhere to the following recommendations:
- Know that lack of sleep, stress, and poor nutrition are provoking factors, so they must be eliminated.
- Follow a diet. Dietary nutrition involves excluding from the diet foods that can provoke allergic reactions.
- Use medications prescribed by your doctor correctly and in the right dosage. We must remember that hormonal agents, as well as agents against fungal infections, must be used in strict dosages to avoid complications.
- It is necessary to wash your hands more often so that the wounds from bursting bubbles do not get infected, and if there is a need to use household chemicals during treatment, you must wear rubber gloves.
- Regularly lubricate your hands with hypoallergenic cream or use glycerin or vaseline oil.
- You need to consume more fluids, as well as vitamins A, B, E.
- If the blister has burst, under no circumstances should you peel off the skin, and you should also refrain from scratching the pimples. If the itching is very severe, it is recommended to use folk remedies that will reduce discomfort.
- If the lesion is very severe, you can use bandages with antiseptics.
- For large purulent pimples, you should contact a surgeon, as it may be a carbuncle.
The appearance of red and dry formations
There are situations when red pimples appear on the skin. Usually their occurrence is accompanied by pain, swelling of the fingers and inflammation. To combat such a rash, it is customary to use salicylic ointment or aloe juice. Red pimples should be lubricated several times a day. Sometimes it is recommended to use calendula tincture.
Dry crusts on the fingers can occur either independently or as a residual phenomenon after a rash of another type. Sometimes, in order to get rid of the stratum corneum, it is enough to use a skin scrub. In some cases, dry acne occurs due to the irritating effect of frosty weather on the fingers. Patients with such problems should use barrier creams.
Dry crusts on fingers
To restore the skin, it is recommended to make baths from medicinal plants such as chamomile and calendula. For powerful skin nourishment, it is recommended to lubricate your hands with heated olive or sunflower oil. A night compress using the same liquids will enhance the effect.
Mushrooms are not only a tasty dish
A fungal infection affects the skin of the hands, causing a variety of acne. In addition to the appearance of dense pimples, peeling, itching and an unpleasant smell of cracks are observed. Pimples often appear on the back of the hands. They develop on former cracks and damage.
It is impossible to treat such pimples on your own, because there are so many types of fungi. Only by determining the type using tests can you accurately prescribe medications. You should not delay treatment so that the fungus does not spread further throughout the body.
Watery and purulent
Watery pimples may indicate eczema. This disease should only be treated by a specialist. Therapy for such a disease is very complex and lengthy, since it includes a whole range of measures. Watery pimples need to be treated very carefully, because scratching them can cause wounds.
Purulent inflammation indicates the occurrence of infection at the site of the disease. If such a boil appears on your finger, then you should use ointments that draw out the pus. For this purpose, you can use Vishnevsky’s liniment, Ichthyol ointment and Elon. If purulent pimples between the fingers occur frequently and they are small, you should consult a specialist.
Watery or purulent pimples in the initial stages are usually treated at home, but it is better to consult a doctor. Only he will be able to accurately diagnose the problem, name the cause and alleviate the patient’s condition. High-quality and timely treatment will help the patient get rid of the disease faster.
How to treat allergies
When experiencing skin rashes, many people look at their hands with horror, begin to panic and wonder what to do. There is no need to panic. First of all, to avoid complications, you need to start washing your hands with bactericidal, preferably liquid soap.
Household chemicals often lead to similar phenomena. The skin of the hands is sensitive and cannot withstand the onslaught of chemicals, as well as frequent contact with water. It is better to wear gloves when washing and using powders.
For itching and burning, you can use skin-soothing mash, baths with the addition of chamomile, or string. Baths with peat oxidate and a water temperature of 37°C help well. You need to repeat the procedure for several days. If a scabies mite has penetrated the skin, you cannot avoid treating the skin with Spregal, Benzyl benzoate. In this case, it is necessary to disinfect all things, treat them thermally or even chemically.
Allergies should not be confused with scabies. These are completely different diseases that differ in symptoms and treatment. It is best to seek help from a doctor immediately.
What types of acne can occur on the hands?
Large ulcers, which are characterized by:
- the presence of a head with pus in the center and inflamed skin around the perimeter;
- single or group arrangement;
- pain;
- partial impairment of tactile sensitivity;
- an increase in local or general body temperature.
In addition, ulcers on the fingers are a contraindication for many jobs: in catering establishments, production, storage and sale of food products, consumer services, in medical institutions, dental clinics and offices and other institutions.
What are the reasons for such troubles? There are two of them: infection from the exo (from the outside) and endogenous (from the inside) routes. In the first case, the microbe penetrates deep into the skin through damaged skin from the air, through contaminated household items, contaminated water, including from open reservoirs. You can get the microbe during cleaning work, washing old objects, peeling vegetables and fruits, caring for a patient with purulent-septic diseases, as well as swimming in open reservoirs with water of unguaranteed quality.
Getting inside the skin and finding favorable conditions there for their development, microbes begin to multiply and acquire pathogenic properties. The body reacts to this by producing protective antibodies, which begin to fight against foreign agents. As a result, pus appears at the site of inflammation - nothing more than an accumulation of dead cells of the human body.
The endogenous mechanism for the development of acne is similar, only the microbe does not come from the outside, but from the inside, from a diseased organ, through infection through the bloodstream. Such lesions can be in the nose, carious teeth, throat, intestines, genitals and other structures with signs of inflammation.
The difference between endo and exogenous lesions lies in the multiplicity of skin elements that appear: with the internal method, there are multiple pimples, with the external method, most likely, single ones.
Often the appearance of acne on the fingers is caused by the individual characteristics of the skin on the hands. Densely located sweat glands, when hormonal levels are activated, are capable of secreting a lot of skin secretion, which creates conditions for the formation of acne. The microflora that multiplies well in the skin secretions provokes inflammation and the appearance of defects in the relief of the skin. Such acne often leaves scars, scars and age spots on the skin.
How dangerous is a pimple on your finger?
The appearance of a pimple on your finger should not be taken lightly. Firstly, because this may be the first sign of a serious illness. By underestimating its significance, you can delay the main treatment and aggravate the stage of the process.
Secondly, having a developed network of blood vessels, fingers can accumulate infection in their skin and provoke a subcutaneous infectious process over time.
Thirdly, in fingers that have virtually no subcutaneous tissue, cases of infection of bones and fascia are common. Such diseases of an osteomyelitis nature are dangerous due to the possibility of their globalization and system-wide changes of a septic nature.
Problems with the gastrointestinal tract
When the digestive system suffers and cannot cope with its functions, it begins to actively show this. Skin is the first indicator of dysfunction of the excretory system organs. Acne may appear on the face, and small pimples on the hands. Thus, the digestive system gets rid of negative components and toxins.
To eliminate the problem, you need to contact a gastroenterologist and dermatologist. Usually a diet and special ointments for topical use are prescribed. Only comprehensive treatment will help eliminate small pimples.
