Question 1

whats the cause of yellow skin stains on hands?

Accepted Answer

Yellow skin: Yellow stains in skin most likely could be due to something topically being applied or coming in contact with the skin, but can also be seen in people taking high quantities of beta carotene in supplements or foods.  Check your diet and consider what your hands come in contact with.

Question 2

yellow skin on face hands and feet since past 4 months. cbc and liver function normal. no fatigue or shortness of breath. angular chelitis won't heal. does normal cbc rule out anemia ?what could cause yellow skin?

Accepted Answer

Yellow skin : Sounds like it could be from eating too many carrots.

Yellowing of the skin without abnormalities in liver tests i and not anemia s often from eating too many carrots. More information is needed to answer this question

Question 3

got my nails done 1wk ago broke put in rash on each cuticle took off my nails now i have lil blood dots and looks like yellow skin under nails now?

Accepted Answer

See a dermatologist: Glue-on nails and injuries to cuticles are frequent causes of serious nail damages.

Question 4

why is my skin so yellow and my palm is yellow. is this jaundice and does hiv cause jaundice. negative hiv 4 generation & pcr rna at 9 months post exposure to vaginal with a hiv+ woman?

Accepted Answer

: They  yellow palm and skin maybe jaundice but the cause has to be determined for best treatment options. A visit with the PCP with appropriate evaluation will determine whether one sees Infectious Disease Consult or Gastroenterologist.

Question 5

do i have nerve damage because my hand feels numb? im a 45 year old male of average height and weight. a week ago, i fell a sleep with my right hand behind the back of my head. i woke up in the middle of the night and my arm was numb with no feeling. wit

Accepted Answer

Nerves : Nerves can get pinched by sleeping in funny positions, and this can result in temporary (and sometimes longer-lasting) numbness and weakness.  A google search for the term "saturday night palsy" will reveal a "textbook example" of a not-so-common, but very well-recognized, nerve compression syndrome (in this case, of the radial nerve).  Also, one of the contributing factors of carpal tunnel syndrome (pinching of the median nerve) may be hand position during sleep.

Other things can also cause numbness of the hands.  Determining the cause involves a careful physical examination (which most doctors should be able to perform, but many cannot or do not), and sometimes requires special tests (including electrodiagnostic testing -- see my health guide at the link below) which probably get done more often than necessary.

Left undiagnosed and untreated, hand numbness can get worse, can become associated with weakness, and eventually cause inability to use the hands.

Indications that a doctor is qualified to diagnose the causes of hand numbness include board certification (such as by the american board of psychiatry and neurology and the american board of electrodiagnostic medicine).  It is also a good idea to ensure that the board certified physician is the one who actually performs the examination, rather than a physician extender (pa or other) who is merely supervised by the physician.  A thorough examination for hand numbness includes checking the strength of the major movements at each joint in the affected limb (fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders, in this case), checking sensation in the entire affected limb up to and including the neck, checking reflexes at several points (forearms and both sides of the elbows at least), and checking coordination.  This should be in addition to a general examination of the other limbs and major organs.

For more information, check:

http://patients.Aan.Com/disorders/

http://www.Aanem.Org/education/patient-resources/common-disorders.Aspx.

Question 6

tingling in both feet ,left hand feels weak and drops thing on its own constant ringing in ear and prickly sensation in back of head could this be undetected diabetes from nerve damage ? im 29 and symptoms have got worse over a 5-6 year period?

Accepted Answer

: Diabetes can be the cause for neuropathy but only when the disease is obvious and has been detected/ present for 10-20 years. Your symptoms are likely due to some other neurological disorder which should be further investigated by your PCP or with opinion from a Neurologist.
Good luck

Question 7

diagnosed w/ systemic scleroderma. have shiny tight skin, joint pain, shortness of breath, gerd, muscle weakness, numbness & tingling in my hands & feet for one month. numbness goes up to elbow sometimes. does this mean there's nerve damage?

Accepted Answer

: Nearly 30% of scleroderma patients have nerve damage outside of the brain and spinal cord — called peripheral neuropathy. Microvascular lesions are the likely underlying cause.
For info: 
https://www.rheumatology.org/I-Am-A/Patient-Caregiver/Diseases-Conditions/Scleroderma

Question 8

can jaundice start in the hands? i have yellow hands and bottoms of the feet but my eyes and other parts look normal.

Accepted Answer

Carotonemia: It may be from something as simple as eating too many carrots or foods containing high levels of beta carotene. But other causes should be looked into if this is not what your diet consists, such as diabetes, liver and gall bladder disease. Your primary care doctor can assist you here.

Question 9

if my baby is asian, how can i tell if he has yellow skin?

Accepted Answer

Physical exam: Although non-caucasians have skin pigmentation that darkens their skin, this is not usually evident within the first days of life, making it relatively easy to identify neonatal jaundice. However, even in pigmented individuals, jaundice (yellow skin) can be identified by careful examination of the mucus membranes, which should be pink in all individuals.

Question 10

why do i get yellow skin after drinking?

Accepted Answer

Yellow skin: This is most likely jaundice due to liver toxicity (hepatitis or cirrhosis) due to increase bilirubin in the blood since the damaged liver cells cannot break it down.

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Yellow skin on face hands and feet since past 4 months. cbc and liver function normal. no fatigue or shortness of breath. angular chelitis won't heal. does normal cbc rule out anemia ?what could cause yellow skin?

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Got my nails done 1wk ago broke put in rash on each cuticle took off my nails now i have lil blood dots and looks like yellow skin under nails now?

A member asked:

Why is my skin so yellow and my palm is yellow. is this jaundice and does hiv cause jaundice. negative hiv 4 generation & pcr rna at 9 months post exposure to vaginal with a hiv+ woman?

A member asked:

Do i have nerve damage because my hand feels numb? im a 45 year old male of average height and weight. a week ago, i fell a sleep with my right hand behind the back of my head. i woke up in the middle of the night and my arm was numb with no feeling. wit

A member asked:

Tingling in both feet ,left hand feels weak and drops thing on its own constant ringing in ear and prickly sensation in back of head could this be undetected diabetes from nerve damage ? im 29 and symptoms have got worse over a 5-6 year period?

A member asked:

Diagnosed w/ systemic scleroderma. have shiny tight skin, joint pain, shortness of breath, gerd, muscle weakness, numbness & tingling in my hands & feet for one month. numbness goes up to elbow sometimes. does this mean there's nerve damage?

A member asked:

Can jaundice start in the hands? i have yellow hands and bottoms of the feet but my eyes and other parts look normal.

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If my baby is asian, how can i tell if he has yellow skin?

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Why do i get yellow skin after drinking?

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