Patient in my rehab facility presents with reddened and itch | Figure 1
Patient in my rehab facility presents with reddened and itchy palms (without any sort of lesion here) plus swelling and itching of his right wrist (flat, raised bumps on the wrist, hard to see here). He has been putting lotrimin on it for several days and it was relieving the itching, but the redness has spread and it continues to itch. I think it might be your run-of-the-mill fungal infection, but would this also explain the swelling?
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