The skin on the hands is dry and cracked, considering that it is caused by herpes sweat, exfoliative keratolysis, tinea versicolor, etc., which can be treated by topical or oral medication according to different diseases.
1. Sweat herpes: sweat herpes in the beginning is the appearance of small blisters, blisters will be naturally absorbed, and then the symptoms of peeling, you can glucocorticosteroids, such as mometasone furoate cream, you can also apply the calcium bar phosphatase inhibitor such as tacrolimus ointment, itching is serious, you can take antihistamine drugs such as oral loratadine.
2. Exfoliative keratolysis: the cause of this disease is not clear, consider and heredity, sweating and other factors, mainly repeated episodes of scaling, exfoliation, can be used externally with retinoic acid cream to promote hyperkeratotic keratinocytes off, if necessary, intramuscular injection of glucocorticoids such as tretinoin.
3. ringworm: ringworm is a fungal infection, the beginning of small blisters, with the disappearance of small blisters will appear flaking, can be coated with ketoconazole, luliconazole and other antifungal drugs, purely topical drug effect is not obvious can be oral antifungal drugs such as fluconazole, itraconazole.
The skin on the hands of dry cracks may also have other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, to give targeted treatment or standardized treatment. All of the above drugs should be used in accordance with medical advice.