Diabetes Rash On Hands And Feet
These blisters can occur on the fingers hands.
Diabetes rash on hands and feet. The cause is unknown but blisters may develop when blood sugar is too high. It s rare but people with diabetes can see blisters suddenly appear on their skin. Diabetic blisters bullosis diabeticorum. The blisters tend to form on the hands feet legs or forearms and look like the blisters that appear after a serious burn.
Uncontrolled diabetes can lead to breakouts of these pimply waxy bumps on your feet hands arms legs and butt. Check the area to make sure the irritation doesn t get worse. People with diabetic neuropathy are susceptible to diabetic blisters on their toes feet and other parts of their body. Cover the irritated skin with a hypoallergenic or cloth bandage or gauze pad secured in place with hypoallergenic or.
Feeling numbness a common symptom of diabetic peripheral neuropathy is numbness. Unlike the blisters that develop after a burn these blisters are not painful. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy usually first appears in the feet and legs and may occur in the hands and arms later. Young males with type 1 diabetes are particularly likely to get them.
Change the bandage at least once a day.