help identifying medical condition

[DBSV8]

Last December , the wife has had problems with her toes on both feet , red Spots that don't disappear if you press a glass against them, they are hot and itchy especially at night and its affecting her sleep pattern via a phone appointment , Dr asked her to send pictures of her toes and he thought it was a fungal infection they prescribed Amoxcycilon , and Daktacort hydrocortisone cream , she took the medication , the symptoms reduced but did not completely disappear ..


Now they have flared up again much worse for the last two weeks





she's had a zoom call at local surgery ... where the GP prescribed Dakort cream again and anti biotics Flucloxacillin tablets ,
She has now finished the course with no change at all if anything its now worse

There are no other symptoms , apart from she's fatigued due to lack of sleep ,

any advise would be appreciated

[gmasterfunk]

Chilblains

NEXT!

(IANAD!)

[s p a c e m a n]

Yeah that's exactly how my toes look like for a week if I've had wet socks and steel toe caps in the winter, annoying as hell.

[DBSV8]

The thing is she's not been out in the cold weather and its not been cold for the last few weeks ................originaly shes from Siberia so used to extreme cold temperatures , i would be very surprised if its chillblains and shes not had Covid , been tested so i discounted Covid toe thanks

[gasman712]

This is a long long way outside my speciality.
I would advise her to return to GP with a failure to improve. There’s no point in seeing a GP once in a blue moon and then complain if something doesn’t work. The fact it hasn’t improved is valuable information.
Could be vasculitis of some description, some other autoimmune disease, endocarditis, or a reaction to a viral illness (not COVID, there are others), or just something else straightforward.
Rebook and go back and keep going back.

[NorthDave]

gmasterfunk said:

Chilblains

NEXT!

(IANAD!)

Seconded! Mine can look the same if I get them cold. Try wearing thicker than normal socks for a bit to see if it goes away. My Dad used to swear by Ginkgo biloba which is supposed to increase circulation and get rid of them too.

[DBSV8]

NorthDave said:

gmasterfunk said:

Chilblains

NEXT!

(IANAD!)

Seconded! Mine can look the same if I get them cold. Try wearing thicker than normal socks for a bit to see if it goes away. My Dad used to swear by Ginkgo biloba which is supposed to increase circulation and get rid of them too.

its not chilblains ,


shes having blood tests tomorow , they are concerned it may be vasucalur related reduced blood flow to toes , at least they are taking it a bit more seriously now

thanks

[s p a c e m a n]

I just discovered that you can get Raynaud's in your feet, I suffer a bit with it in my hands but never thought to see if it was what affects my feet.

[anonymous-user]

I had something very similar in my feet. The chiropodist diagnosed it as some material in contact with my feet was irritating them. They had a few very itchy red patches. Narrowed it down to a particular pair of shoes and not had it since I stopped wearing them.

Of course this may not be the case with your wife, but consider if anything is in contact iwth her feet that never used to be like new shoes, tights, etc.