Patients with peeling skin on the palms of their hands can determine if they have a fungal infection through fungal microscopy, fungal culture and identification.
1. Fungal microscopic examination: the doctor obtains part of the skin flakes from the lesion area, uses potassium hydroxide as the floating solution to make a slide, and puts it under the microscope for examination. If fungal hyphae or spores are observed under the microscope, it can be considered as fungal infection.
2. Fungal culture and identification: The doctor can take part of the skin flakes from the lesion area of the patient and culture them on the culture medium, and identify the cultured fungi.
Patients with palms peeling due to fungal infection can apply topical antifungal ointment under doctor’s guidance. Patients with palms peeling should go to the hospital in time, under the guidance of the doctor to clarify the diagnosis.