Wednesday, August 13, 2008

I'm just too clean

Over the last couple months I've had this slight irritation on two of my fingers. It'll itch at times, comes and goes but nothing serious. Since we'll be moving soon, I figured I'd check it out just in case.

After a few minutes of examining my hand the doctor tells me I have hand Eczema, a common eruption of the skin on the underside of the hands caused by excessive immersion in water and/or cleansers that irritate the skin. Turns out that all the anti-bacterial soap at home and the anti-bacterial lotions at work (every bathroom has one to help stop the spread of illnesses) are actually irritating my skin. I must have had a small crack or break in my skin that set off the irritation and each time it almost heals, it comes back. All this time I thought I was doing the right thing.

I may just stop bathing to be safe.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hello Darin and Jennifer,
I am excited for both of you. You will make very good parents. I haven't talked to either of you for a very long time. I also want to wish you well on your move, that will be stressful but fun and exciting. Take care and God Bless! Oh, by the way, this is Kami :)