My palms peel excessively why?!


Question: My palms peel excessively why.?
When I first noticed that my palms were peeling, I started to use lotion but the lotion doesn't seem to work. Its been about a year now and I have tried several different lotions but still nothing works. Plus my hands don't feel dry. Someone told me that it might be due to stress. Is that true.? Could there be other factors.? Health Question & Answer


Answers:
I am really sorry for your problem and I am sure it is quite annoying. Is it painful at all.?

Peeling skin is a symptom in itself. Certain skin disorders also cause the skin to peel.

Here are some known skin disorders that lead to symptoms of peeling skin:

-Erythroderma, may cause thickening and flaking of the skin.
-Exfoliative dermatitis, causes the skin to flake.
-Hand eczema, lead to rashes and itches on the hands due to increasing use of harsh soaps and detergents.
-Eczema causes chronic skin rash which progresses to skin inflammation and may lead to skin peeling
-Psoriasis surfaces on the skin by scaling and inflammation of the skin causing it to peel
-Ichthyosis is a rare disease caused mainly due to dryness, the resulting roughness leads to scaly fish-like skin
-Kawasaki disease, a disorder usually found among in infants and young children causes rash and swelling of the hands.
-Scarlet fever sometimes causes rashes over the upper body which spreads through the entire body.
-Vitamin A overdose shows symptoms of skin peeling.

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maybe your hands came in contact with something and it's part of the healing process. This happens to me when I use too much hand sanitizer. any chemicals you've been in contact with.?Health Question & Answer



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