Introduction: Dyshidrotic Eczema is a long neglected condition by patients. The long and recurrent course of this disease causes distress to the patient. With “nothing working” on the blisters, adds to the woes of the patient
Definition: Dyshidrotic eczema/ Pompholyx is a skin condition in which blisters develop on the soles of feet and/or the palms of hands.
Symptoms: The Blisters in Dyshidrotic Eczema can be acute, sub-acute and chronic. The symptoms include:
- The blisters are usually itchy and may be filled with fluid. It cause your skin to flake. Affected areas may become cracked or painful to the touch.
- Blisters normally last for about two to four weeks and may be related to seasonal allergies or stress.
- Blisters forming on your fingers, toes, hands, or feet.
- The blisters may be more common on the edges of these areas and will probably be full of fluid.
- Sometimes, large blisters will form, which can be particularly painful.
- As the blisters dry up in 3 weeks, they’ll turn into skin cracks that may be painful.
- If Patients scratched the affected areas, the skin seems thicker or feels spongy.
Homeopathic Prognosis: In my experience of treating Dyshidrotic Eczema for more than 13 years, most patients get relief after taking homeopathic treatment.
Dietary Restrictions: People with Dyshidrotic Eczema, which typically affects the hands and feet, may experience benefits from eating foods that do not contain nickel. Nickel is found in trace amounts in the soil and can, therefore, be present in foods.
Foods that are high in nickel include:
- beans
- black tea
- canned meats
- chocolate
- lentils
- nuts
- peas
- seeds
- shellfish
- soybeans
Homeopathic Treatment: For treatment of Dyshidrotic Eczema, the patient must consult a qualified homeopath. So, that specific treatment plan can be given to the patient. Apart from constitutional treatment (i.e patient specific treatment), the following medicines are found to be useful in treating dyshidrotic eczema:
- Arsenic Album: Itching, burning, swellings, odema, eruption, papular, dry, rough, scaly.
- Kali Arsenicum: Numerous small nodules under skin. Intolerable itching worse undressing.
- Mancinella: Vesicular eruptions, oozing of sticky serum.
- Rhus Venenata: Vesicles, Skin dark red.
Homeopathy Point case study: Cured case of Dyshidrotic Eczema
Case: Female patient, aged 36years, was suffering from painful vesicular, oozing eruptions on palms and soles since 1 year.
Diagnosed as Dyshidrotic Eczema, it was present since last 6 months. Even after long allopathic treatment, the new episodes of eruptions kept on appearing on different parts of the palms and sole
Aggravation: cutting citrus fruits, using detergents
Amelioration: N.S
Physical Generals:
Thermal Reaction: Chilly
Desire: salty food
Aversion: sweet
Stool: Normal
Urine: normal, no complaints
Perspiration: normal
Dreams: nothing significant
Mental generals: Introvert, brooding. Would not talk to people, if she don’t like them
Misanthrophy Rubric was taken as PDF. After thorough diagnosis and case taking, patient was prescribed constitutional treatment (i.e homeopathic patient specific treatment). She was given Natrum Carbonicum 200, repeated at appropriate intervals. The new eruptions stopped appearing in the first 2 week of treatment itself. All eruptions fully disappeared in 3 months.
Dr Renu Pande, MD
Founding Member – HomeopathyPoint
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