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sprinkleeninow

(20,540 posts) Mon Feb 27, 2023, 12:14 AM Feb 2023

I wrecked my palms again with something harsh. Either detergent, liquid hand soap or

a new wipe supposed to be for hands and not cleaning. Looks like poison or poison oak, but I haven't touched any b4 this started. Yesterday right palm got way worse, so I sought urgent care today. I saved a site on the Google that says there's an increase in bodily damage from harsh chemical stuff [antibacterial, detergent, etc.] than ever b4.

Doc visit was 2 fold actually.
I asked to be evaluated for a possible UTI. [Bladder infection. AGAIN!] Sure enuff. A mild case. I'm so sick of this crap. I did 2 AZO home tests recently and leucocloytes showed pale pinky purple. They're not 100 % accurate, but always results in positive. So on a short course of Cipro, got corticosteroid injection, start course of Prednisone Monday, and got 2 Rx small tubes of Triamcinolone topical.

Thanx one and all for letting me air this out.
Honestly, I really don't know why I'm getting dumped on constantly. O ye woman of little faith! Yah, I do question regardless.

I don't know what I'd do without you dudettes and dudes on DU. So thankful! 💙

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I wrecked my palms again with something harsh. Either detergent, liquid hand soap or (Original Post) sprinkleeninow Feb 2023 OP

You may touched mango skin or Tetrachloride Feb 2023 #1

It's contact dermatitis. I pulled this stunt several times b4. This episode warranted sprinkleeninow Feb 2023 #4

I believe i got a chemical burn once from a pillowcase. Tetrachloride Feb 2023 #2

Chemical burns from a pillowcase? PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2023 #3

my only guess is a concentrated drop of detergent was on the case. Tetrachloride Feb 2023 #5

If you go outside, poison oak is still a horror when dormant, and hard to spot. usonian Feb 2023 #6

here Timewas Feb 2023 #7

Yes, ty. I posted this link subsequently. Where I read it from. sprinkleeninow Feb 2023 #8

Just seeing this. Babe, how you doing today Monday ? irisblue Feb 2023 #9

The blisters on my hands are drying up. Need to call my Primary Care Doc l8r today. sprinkleeninow Feb 2023 #10

Tetrachloride

(8,443 posts)

1. You may touched mango skin or

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Original post)

Mon Feb 27, 2023, 12:49 AM

Feb 2023

dormant leaves on the ground if that stuff in poison ivy was your source problem.

sprinkleeninow

(20,540 posts)

4. It's contact dermatitis. I pulled this stunt several times b4. This episode warranted

Reply to Tetrachloride (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 27, 2023, 01:06 AM

Feb 2023

professional intervention.😄

Tetrachloride

(8,443 posts)

2. I believe i got a chemical burn once from a pillowcase.

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Original post)

Mon Feb 27, 2023, 12:52 AM

Feb 2023

my face had a spot for 3+ years. inexplicable but i remember right where i was.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,607 posts)

3. Chemical burns from a pillowcase?

Reply to Tetrachloride (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 27, 2023, 01:03 AM

Feb 2023

Really? What toxic something was on that pillowcase?

Tetrachloride

(8,443 posts)

5. my only guess is a concentrated drop of detergent was on the case.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 27, 2023, 01:14 AM

Feb 2023

if it was the pillowcase.

otherwise it was something the cat (me) dragged in.

in any case, i have been on yellow alert ever since regarding soaps.

usonian

(13,550 posts)

6. If you go outside, poison oak is still a horror when dormant, and hard to spot.

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Original post)

Mon Feb 27, 2023, 01:19 AM

Feb 2023

It's poison ivy on the east coast. I once worked on a workbench that had a solvent spill.

If you suspect an oil like the two above, use Dawn immediately and when you get home, some Tecnu, which is deodorized mineral spirits. Comes with instructions. TBH, mineral spirits in the hardware store are deodorized these days. Probably got people high or sick.

Had my share of contact dermatitis.

Timewas

(2,281 posts)

7. here

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Original post)

Mon Feb 27, 2023, 01:29 AM

Feb 2023

https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/news/20140323/rashes-from-wipes-liquid-soaps-on-the-rise

sprinkleeninow

(20,540 posts)

8. Yes, ty. I posted this link subsequently. Where I read it from.

Reply to Timewas (Reply #7)

Mon Feb 27, 2023, 02:46 AM

Feb 2023

irisblue

(34,172 posts)

9. Just seeing this. Babe, how you doing today Monday ?

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Original post)

Mon Feb 27, 2023, 03:31 AM

Feb 2023

sprinkleeninow

(20,540 posts)

10. The blisters on my hands are drying up. Need to call my Primary Care Doc l8r today.

Reply to irisblue (Reply #9)

Mon Feb 27, 2023, 04:14 AM

Feb 2023

Telling him the course of events and outcomes from yesterday. He'll want to see me. I tried to wrangle more than 3 days of Cipro from the urgent care doc, but he said go follow up when done with these.

I need to get back on track. Just can't fit it all in at times. I need to discipline myself in how to pace and let some stuff go.

My husband will be departed 4 years next month. Someone in the bereavement group expressed that they were brought to having perhaps "imagined" their loved one.

I know I had him, but so instant and final, I may have only "imagined" him and our life together. That's perfectly descriptive of what I'm feeling. All those years slip through your grasp like a wisp of smoke.

Much L🩷VE to you, Dear Heart!

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