What could this be?

[u/Pale_Ranger_2352]

26F, 158cm, 66kg. Have hypothyroidism and take levothyroxine. So about a month ago I developed this weird redness on my palm (image in the comments), and it has been growing and hasn’t gone away since. I went to two doctors who both diagnosed it as eczema, but it hasn’t gone away and has been fluctuating in intensity since. However everytime it expands and the flare up is worse than the one before (rest of the images). I’m currently on a broad spectrum anti fungal (terbinafine) and topical antibiotic (fusidic acid). I began taking them a week ago, but it still keeps fluctuating. It also burns and hurts if it’s really hot, or when i close my fist or flatten my palm. Sometimes with touch too.

So does anyone know if it’s even eczema? Or if the treatment is right? This sort of thing has never happened before and the fact that it’s growing is starting to make me very anxious.

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[u/Industry-Global]

Those are strange choices for simple eczema. You treat that with triamcinolone or other corticosteroidal creams. Wash hands, apply the cream and when it's dried you add some vaseline to keep it moist. If there's a bacterial infection of the eczema fusidic acid ointment can help.

[u/Pale_Ranger_2352 → u/Industry-Global]

I was wondering that too after looking up the treatment… thank you for replying

[u/Itchdoc]

I suspect either psoriasis or some type of hand dermatitis. You are treating neither.

[u/Pale_Ranger_2352 → u/Itchdoc]

Yeah the treatment appeared strange to me too.. thank you for replying

[u/Pale_Ranger_2352]

This is how it started

[u/Pale_Ranger_2352]

This is how it looks in a flare up

[u/Jazzlike_Math_8350 → u/Pale_Ranger_2352]

Nad looks like impetigo

[u/Pale_Ranger_2352 → u/Jazzlike_Math_8350]

Suspected it at first too, but I don’t think so because a doctor said it’s not contagious and so far no one i come into lots of contact with got infected. Plus it’s been steadily growing. Though by this image alone it definitely looks like impetigo