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Red palms (palmar erythema)
Palmar erythema is a clinical finding in which the palms of your hand has a reddish color. It is caused by increased blood flow to that area, which can be normal or due to abnormal conditions like chronic liver disease.
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A 46-year old male asked:
Is red palms and hands after eating a sign of palmar erythema, or is it sign of blood being diverted from extremities to stomach, I have fatty liver?
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A 36-year old asked:
Why is palmar erythema on the ulnar side of the hand?
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A 37-year old asked:
Doctors can you tell me why is palmar erythema more on ulnar side of hand?
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A 22-year old male asked:
My friend has HIV and a round cut on his palm not bleeding, but red skin exposed. We cook and wash dishes etc.I have small cuts on hand. Do i get hiv?
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A 24-year old asked:
Should I use hydrogen peroxide on my burns? The blisters have popped and now it's a lot of red skin over large portions of my left thumb & palm.
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A 22-year old female asked:
Experiencing itchy rash. also describe me: Skin redness/irritation and Allergic reaction.What should I do? Hand arms and legs mostly hands& arms help
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A 23-year old female asked:
I am experiencing knee pain, hand pain, finger swelling, purple mottled skin and skin redness or irritation (worsened by: after exposure to the sun) . The following also describe me: Stiff joints, Finger stiffness, and Soft tissue swelling. What should I
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A 28-year old female asked:
I burnt my hand last week. one side made a blister but soon popped. what do I do to prevent scars. for now it's just hard and red skin. no pain.
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A 32-year old male asked about a male:
My baby boy 2 year old having acne issues from past month, at every two days he is having new acne on his face and sometimes on his hand and arms, no rashes and no red skin, what is the reason for it?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Does h pylori cause joint pains, skin redness boils, numbness and tingling, burning feet and skin, headache & ear pain, white lines on palms & feet?
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A 44-year old asked:
How should erythema (redness) at the test site, of a TB test, be interpreted?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Can Palmar Erythema be hereditary?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Palmar erythema?
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A 39-year old asked:
What does palmar erythema look like?
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A 42-year old female asked:
What does the sudden development of palmar erythema indicte?
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A 46-year old asked:
Does anyone know what causes palmar erythema with pregnancy?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What kind of doctor can tell me if i truly have palmar erythema?
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A 60-year old female asked:
At what stage of liver disease does palmar erythema manifest?
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A 59-year old female asked:
Is palmar erythema always indicative of liver disease if no other symptoms are present?
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A 36-year old female asked:
I have lumps on my shins under the skin that are painful. There is no redness however. Could this still be erythema nodosum?
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A 33-year old male asked:
Are palmar erythema and telangiectasia related conditions? What can cause them? Immune system dysfunction?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Post burn erythema after exposure to the sun. 5/28 sunburn anterior ankle. 1st degree deep red w/some patching of Redpurple. Peeled and now stuck red. How to heel perm redness?
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A 33-year old male asked:
Could the root cause of telangiectasia and palmar erythema cause cold and/or heat intolerance?
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A 54-year old female asked:
I have palmar erythema & fibromyalgia. Why am i always tired & sleepy? Dr says it could be the morphine. I just don't think they know what else to say
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A 54-year old female asked:
What are the possibilities of having cirrhosis with normal liver function tests. I have had palmar erythema for five years. I take topamax (topiramate)?
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A 43-year old female asked:
Could I have Crohn's disease without symptoms? Bowel prep for colonoscopy cause mild inflammation and redness? Colonoscopy reported: "localized inflammation, mild in severity and characterized by congestion (edema) and erythema in the terminal illeum
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A 31-year old male asked:
Is palmar erythema always associated with liver disease? I had my lft done and the bilirubin count was .70, sgot-56 & sgpt-85. What does this mean?
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A 54-year old female asked:
Advised either depressed or its "the fibromyalgia."im extremely tired, sleepy, have palmar erythema & lower back pain. No diagnosis given to date?
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A 47-year old male asked:
Had c-diff. Once cleared, doc did colonoscopy. Everything perfect. Did notice redness (erythema...No blood) in rectum. Did random biopsies. Some blood in stool 2 day after. Very mild cramping. Normal?
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A 41-year old female asked:
I got joint pain,fatigue,weakness,palmar erythema,telangiectasias on face &chest,high scl70,but no hard skin.Can you have scleroderma but no hard skin?
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