I am new to this board. I have been reading for a few days it has been enlightening. It is nice to know I am not alone. I have pa, ra, tendonitis, spondylarthropy, degenerative disc disease. I was on enbrel and have just changed to humira. I have a question, does anyone have fingertips that split? I have psoraisis and the enbrel worked for a couple of years then stopped. I have not seen anything posted about this condition.Welcome aboard. I haven't had split fingertips, but now that I am being treated, after about a year my fingertip pads are all wrinkled at times, like they have been in water too long. I have finally decided its from the expansion and contraction of my fingers when I flare. Once the inflammation goes down, the wrinkling is from the skin that was stretched out of shape. Perhaps eventually as my disease progresses, I will get splitting too because of the wear and tear of inflammation. Good question and good luck ~~ CathyI get inflamed finger tips and inflamed cuticles. My knuckles split on the skin. I get the wrinkeled pads like you have been in the bath sometimes also. One lady said a cappillary in her finger tip busted last week when she was brushing her teeth. Seemed to me culterelle probiotic and vitamin c 500 mg helped my skin the most but i never know if things are just a fluke. . I ran out of v c. Just today have too get some more. Lotions of course and doc prescibed something cortisone cream. Anyway my whole hands turn red sometimes really wrinkeled and red. And dry thick skin. But my skin gets inflamed as well as my finger tips.
[QUOTE=bgayleguy] I have a question, does anyone have
fingertips that split?[/quote]
Hello and welcome! Fingertip fissures and a way to heal them is a constant
source of irritation--pun intended.
I do not heave psoriasis do cannot say if the same conditions are responsible,
however I find cold, low humidity, inadequate skin care, and not wearing
protective gloves aggravates the problem.
I use an antibiotic ointment when the cracks and splits are tender and try
to keep them covered with a plaster or a telfa pad. Dermadoctor makes a
wonderful dry-oil fissure healing treatment, however it does contain
hydrocortisone, which in some instances can be contraindicated. Use it
sparingly: a little goes a long ways!
Be obsessive with using a passive barrier skin protective lotion or, better yet,
a cream and use a gentle oil-based cleansing bar for hand washing.
Oh, yes: PLEASE do not succumb to the lore that recommends using superglue on
your fingertips to prevent fissuring. It does not work and it can cause contact
dermatitis or an allergic reaction.
Be sure to mention this to your physician, the loss of skin integrity is always
a concern.
Con brio, Happ
WELCOME!!!
B....welcome to the board, and glad you found us. I am so very glad the biologic is working for some things. I wish it worked for all. Do you think you might have osteoarthritis in your spinal column? If it is true osteoarthritis...not caused by RA then the biologic will not touch it. Parts of my back and other things get better with the biologic, but not all of it. That is what the RD told me. Think about it. I do have some osteoarthritis. I was diagnosed with ra first 11 years ago, about three years later I started having the hand problems after 5 dermatologists finally decided it was a form of psoriasis on my hands. I had psoriasis on my scalp for years and did not realize there was a psoriatic arthritis. So then I got the dx of pa. My MRI showed I have spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease and bulging disc in cervical lumbar and thoriasic spine. I have a compression fracture in the thoriasic which causes a lot of pain. So who knows. I am on humira, sulfazine ES, oxycodone, ultram, zanaflex, ambien, plus I get the various injections done at the pain management clinic. After all these years of feeling like I was alone with these problems it is nice to find other people understand. Thanks