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What Causes Icy Toes Every Morning For 2 Hours?

my remote key board just died, my friend is elderly and complains that in the morning when he awakes for two hours his toes icy terribly after those two hours they are fine till the next morning. He did show me that he had lost much of the skin on his lower legs and it was just getting back to as close to normal as could be expected. Thanks
posted on Sun, 26 Jan 2014
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Hi,


You seem to have developed an allergic skin disease.
You should avoid applying any kind of skin irritants like dettol, spirit over it.
Such an intense itching over the feet can be due to an eczematous skin condition called pompholyx.
It causes intense itching along with development of intense itchy deep seated skin lesions.

You might need to apply a topical steroid cream over the affected area twice a day for few days.
Take some oral antihistamines along.
See a nearby dermatologist if the condition tends to persist despite this therapy.
You might need a course of oral steroids.

Hope it helps,


Dr Geetika Paul.
MD(Dermatology)
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What Causes Icy Toes Every Morning For 2 Hours?

Hi, You seem to have developed an allergic skin disease. You should avoid applying any kind of skin irritants like dettol, spirit over it. Such an intense itching over the feet can be due to an eczematous skin condition called pompholyx. It causes intense itching along with development of intense itchy deep seated skin lesions. You might need to apply a topical steroid cream over the affected area twice a day for few days. Take some oral antihistamines along. See a nearby dermatologist if the condition tends to persist despite this therapy. You might need a course of oral steroids. Hope it helps, Dr Geetika Paul. MD(Dermatology)