Thumb skin dry crack hard skin may be physiological factors, dry eczema, scaly keratosis pilaris and other conditions caused by attention to moisturizing, the use of drugs and other ways to deal with.
1. physiological factors: generally in the dry weather, the foot skin can not be moisturized, prone to dry cracked bunions, itching and other symptoms, often do not need special treatment, daily use of cod liver oil, petroleum jelly, urea ointment and other moisturizing cream can be.
2. Dry eczema: due to reduced sebum secretion or other reasons, resulting in loss of skin moisture, it is easy to cause dry eczema, manifested in cracked feet, cracked bunions and other symptoms, can be used under the guidance of the doctor, dexnaydol cream, dexamethasone acetate ointment, tacrolimus ointment and other medications.
3. Tinea pedis: caused by fungal infections in the feet, scaly keratosis pilaris is commonly seen in the thumbs with symptoms such as cracked skin and hard skin. In the treatment, you can use terbinafine hydrochloride cream, compound ketoconazole ointment, itraconazole capsule and other drugs.
It is recommended that patients with dry and cracked thumbs should consult a doctor in time to find out the cause of the disease and actively treat it, so as not to delay the condition.