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This maybe a long shot but it's the only thing I have to go on.....
94 yr old lady presented with bilateral red, shiny swollen tender crack dermatitis on her heels ( i have a great jpeg but not sure how to get that on here) that the GP has prescribed " a steroid cream" appeared spontaneously about 2 mths ago.... .... the only other 'change' that happened at the around the same time was that she was suffering from a severe episode of Shingles.... she also has a very minor version of it affecting both palms.. Has anyone ever come accross these two together before ?
Could Keratoderma Climacterium be in the DD? I heard it can be triggered by traumatic occurrences - could shingles be traumatic enough? I dunno, just thought I would add that.... Sorry if its way off!
Max
`Tis a possible DD, but I would be very surprised if this 94 year old was pre/menopausal. As the man stated; ‘Climacteric’ is used to describe the time preceding menopause.
Virtually impossible to hazard a guess at a dermy diagnosis without a pic, sorry.
I see! Thanks for the info Bel!, I downloaded a bunch Ivan's papers and got a bit carried away , I just can't get the sound of Zebras hooves out my head now!
Max
Thank you for your comments..... I tried the tinypci.com but got bombarded with 'free gifts' ! I am going to show the pic to the pod team at our meeting next week for their opinion.... If your interested I will come back with some ideas and hopefully with the pic too..... JA.
Heel Dermatitis & Shingles Link?
Re: Heel Dermatitis & Shingles Link?
, I downloaded a bunch Ivan's papers and got a bit carried away
, I just can't get the sound of Zebras hooves out my head now!
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