4th August 2020

A woman returns to her GP, having presented 1 week previously with itchy vesicles on her fingers and the arches of her feet

A woman returns to her GP, having presented 1 week previously with itchy vesicles on her fingers and the arches of her feet. She had been provisionally diagnosed with pompholyx, but a trial of emollients and topical corticosteroids have not successfully treated the vesicles. She thinks that the vesicles are now worse than last week. What is the likely explanation for her worsened skin lesions?

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