I have HERPES! :DDDDD

[Amorphus]

Yeah, but my skin is also feeling oddly insensitive. I mean, it itches a lot, but I can pinch myself fairly hard without feeling much pain (this is a recent phenomenon, too). Which may be why I'm not scratching all over the place (well, I am, but not that much).

 

[Atomicus]

I have something sorta like what you described on my hands. Small zit-like bulges which when you try to pop, a clear liquid comes out.

My dermo said its just hand-soap residue that hasn't been properly washed off and irritates your skin. Most commonly caused by commercial household hand soaps, not the pink stuff you see in public bathrooms.

Thats my take on it, I dunno, its just me.

 

[rahvin]

The fuild you are releasing is nearly pure virii, hopefully you wiped it all over you hand as punishment for being stupid.

 

[911paramedic]

I hope you had a dematologist confirm this and didn't rely on information you found on the interweb.

 

[rahvin]

In followup to 911, I had medically diagnosed Shingles and I can tell you they hurt like a mofo. I doubt you have it if you were able to poke them with a pin. They hurt so bad you can't even touch the skin. If you had shingles on your arms and hands you wouldn't be popping anything you would be in the emergency room wondering why you hurt so bad you can't bathe, touch your arm or wear clothes over them. They also are rare on the extremeties if I remember correctly, usually on the midsection, back or head.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Amorphus
I didn't think anything of this stuff until a few minutes ago, when I was just browsing around and saw a picture of shingles that looked suspiciously like something I have on my left arm and hand (as well as my right ring finger).

Here's the picture I saw: Text (if you're fairly squeamish, it's a little funky-looking, I suppose, judging from the "sweetjesus.jpg" filename)

Basically, it looked like a bunch of zits, except instead of yellow stuff inside them, it's clear pus. Well, in the webbing between me middle three fingers (the two "valleys"), I had a bunch of those little things. Itched like nothing else. Well, I noticed that they were filled with pus, so I took a Students Against Driving Drunk pin and started popping them (yes, I know, stupid, but they don't itch anymore )

I also have a milder case of this on my bicep, upper forearm, and outside elbow (the outside elbow patch is fading away now).

I got some pics, for your pleasure (not much to see, but hey). All these pics are my left arm.
Elbow - as you can see, fading away, not too bad. However, in the lower left, you can see the bicep patch, which, until today, itched to no end.
A little farther down the arm, we have some mild cases (two) on my forearm (far left and far right), and still farther down is the aforementioned fingers rash, which can be seen here. Please note that these looked like small blisters before I popped them all with a button pin of dubious sanitation.
Also, just for the whole gamut, here's the small case on my right ring finger: here


You think it's shingles? It would suck, because shingles is chronic, and flares up every so often; ergo, I'll have an uncurable malady the rest of my life .

That's not shingles. My dad has shingles and they look like roof shingles on your skin.

It could be a mild chicken pox.

It could be measels. It could be scabies.

It seems you have DH: dermatitis herpetiformis

http://www.dermatitisherpetiformis.org.uk/library/photos3.html