What causes small blisters on hands

If blisters appear on your hands, you should pay attention to whether it is caused by excessive moisture and heat in the body. Also, if you do not pay attention to hygiene, some fungal infections may also cause blisters. Therefore, you should pay attention to preventing blisters and avoid spicy and irritating foods.

1. Excessive dampness and heat in the body causes small blisters on the hands and slight itching. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that when dampness and heat rise in the body, it will manifest itself in the body. Generally, these small blisters are translucent or opaque and usually cause slight itching.

2. Caused by some fungi. Because summer is here, many people like to cool down and wash their hands in cold water or touch things with cool surfaces. There are often some fungi on the surface, which cause small blisters and varying degrees of itching.

3. Allergy. Some people with sensitive skin or extremely sensitive skin may also develop small blisters on their hands.

4. How to prevent and treat blisters on your hands

There is no specific method for the prevention and treatment of this disease. In daily life, you should avoid spicy food, alcohol, coffee and other irritating foods, smoke less or no smoking, and use less or no alkaline soap, laundry detergent, and detergent to wash your hands. Do not pick at blisters or tear the skin. Local treatment is mainly astringent and antipruritic, such as calamine lotion, 5% formalin or 1% methenamine, prickly heat powder, etc. If the blisters are obvious, you can use 0.5% aluminum acetate solution or 5% alum solution for soaking or wet compress. For those with obvious itching, corticosteroid preparations such as triamcinolone, compound Conal Cream, and chlorpromazine can be used. If the main symptoms are erythema, desquamation, and chapped skin, you can apply 10% urea cream, silicone cream, vitamin E cream, or salicylic acid ointment externally 1 to 2 times a month. Systemic treatment can be with antihistamines, vitamins B1, B2, A, and E. If the number of rashes is large and the subjective symptoms are obvious, a short course of oral corticosteroids such as prednisone can be taken, 10 mg each time, 3 times a day. The symptoms will be relieved after 5 to 7 days of continuous use.