Itchy fingertips may be caused by diseases such as herpes sweat, tinea cruris, etc. It can be treated with medications as prescribed by the doctor, such as glucocorticosteroids and antifungal medications.
1. Sweat herpes: the disease may cause small blisters between the fingers, accompanied by varying degrees of itchiness. The treatment of early blistering damage is based on drying and relieving itching, and can be used externally with glycerite lotion; glucocorticoid creams or ointments such as tretinoin ointment can be used when the peeling begins; for those who suffer from recurrent localized peeling, dryness and pain, salicylic acid ointment and urea ointment can be used.
2. Ringworm: this disease will lead to flaking fingers, itching and other symptoms. You can use topical antifungal drugs to fight infection, and the commonly used drugs for treatment are clotrimazole, terbinafine, etc.; when the skin is over-keratinized, you can use salicylic acid to exfoliate; when the effect of topical drug treatment is not good, you can take oral antifungal drugs such as itraconazole and other treatments.
In addition, patients should pay attention to hand hygiene, avoid excessive scratching when itching, so as not to cause infection. Light diet, eat more vegetables, fruits and so on.
Itchy fingertips may have other reasons, patients should go to the hospital in time to identify the cause of the relevant treatment, strictly comply with the doctor’s instructions for medication.