What to do if your hands peel in the summer

Hands peeling in summer may be related to eczema, sweat herpes, fungal infections, exfoliative keratolysis and other conditions, which need to be relieved through life modification and medication according to the cause. 1. Eczema: If you come into contact with soap, disinfectant, shampoo or certain chemicals in the summer, it may induce eczema and lead to peeling of the skin on your hands. It is necessary to avoid contact with such items, while applying salicylic acid ointment, urea ointment, pine distillate ointment and other keratolytic agent treatment or topical hormone ointment such as fluticasone propionate ointment. 2. Sweat herpes: If the patient has sweat herpes, there will be obvious itching sensation and peeling phenomenon. It can be treated with medications such as tretinoin econazole cream and dinexidine hydrochloride cream. 3. Fungal infection: If there is a fungal infection on the hands, there will be itching symptoms, skin rashes and peeling phenomenon. You can apply miconazole nitrate ointment, compound econazole nitrate ointment and other antifungal drugs to treat it. 4. Exfoliative keratolysis: such patients can use vitamin E ointment to relieve, oral vitamin E and vitamin A and other drugs, at the same time, should reduce external stimuli. Patients should actively seek medical advice, follow the doctor’s instructions for the appropriate treatment, not self-medication.