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Hi,

I am new here I am new here I have this all over my hand after sun exposure. Is this vitamin a related

Thank you

Could very well be. Vitamin A is sum sensitive and eczema is an autoimmune disease.

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I think this is what I have but mild. I used to get this as a child in summer time. I haven't had it for years and now during the VA detox it has reappeared. I haven't linked it to sun exposure . I do get other symptoms from too much time in the sun. I have noticed it getting worse from washing up and have been wondering what  VA related ingredients are in the dishwashing liquid.  Before VA awareness my daughter got a reaction from a dishwashing liquid that I was trying out and she was comparing ingredients with two brands. At the time I couldn't see what was the trigger but now I suspect it could be VA related.

I never had the same reactions as she did but now during the detox I am.

Guest:  I also had a rash on my hands after getting the first significant sun exposure of the spring/summer a couple of years ago and then last year same thing happened to me on my feet (wore sandals alot).   I had self-diagnosed it as dyshidrotic excema.  I think it was an interaction with the sunlight and vitamin A in my skin.  The only thing that would give me relief for my feet was ice water or ice blocks (only way I could sleep was to pack them around my feet in bed) and bleach soaks, my hands were very itchy too but not as bad as my feet.   I have many vitamin A toxicity symptoms.   Since going on the low A diet I haven't gotten a rash yet but I live in the midwest of the US so not much sun exposure for me.

Where do you live Guest?

I am in Dubai. I went out tanning a lot. The sun is actually helping with a lot of my symptoms. Except I got this hand thing I didn't have before.

Yes, the sun is supposed to help with many things.  My rashes on my hands and feet lasted about 3 weeks each summer then after that no problems with rashes for the rest of the summer.  I think the sun helped get the toxin A out of my hands and feet but it was unpleasant.

Would you suggest using cortisone or suffering through detox

I tried using cortisone creams on my rash and actually tried just about every cream that I read might help, some medicated, some with just natural ingredients, and none helped the itch and some made it worse.  Some home remedies were vinegar, baking soda, salt soaks, aloe, butter, coconut oil, wrapping, and others I can't remember right now but nothing worked for me other than ice and bleach (very diluted).    I read a lot of tips and some people did get relief from some of the things I tried.  If  the cortisone cream helped, I would have used it but there can be side effects so I recommend that you don't use it long or just use it when the rash is unbearable.   I was lucky in that the rashes didn't last way long though at the time it seemed an eternity.  The foot rash wouldn't let me sleep more than an hour or 2 at a time until I started packing ice blocks around my feet.

I have still been going to the beach. Swimming in sea salt water and tanning maybe tanning for too long. This is at peak uvb hours but also getting extra uva. I would say like 2-3 hours of sun exposure might be too much.

The eczema has now spread to my other hands and feet and some part of my body. I believe it's detox so I am going to keep my routine. I am seeing amazing results elsewhere from this routine.

 

Thanks for the report about the uvb hours helping.   I may try that to speed things along at some point.

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