I've been taking 400 mg of doxy with 1000 mg cefuraxime (sp?) for Lyme for a month and a half now.
I have been careful not to go in the sun and I use sunscreen on my face daily. I guess I forgot to put sunscreen on the back of my hands because my knuckles and the backs of my fingers are so burned from... driving my car!
What's weird is this burn just does not seem to want to heal. Usually sunburns are gone pretty quickly but not this one.
I've been using spf 50 every day plus an additional application right before I get in the car. I also bought some gloves today to wear while driving.
What can I do to speed the healing? Is it the Lyme that won't let my skin heal? Or the tiny bit of sun I get exposed to daily?
It's not ... permanent... is it? It's red like a sunburn plus a lot of speckles.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Yeah.... living in Dallas can do that to you! No escape from the sun there!!
It should go away... but the constant sun exposure will continue to "add" to it.
I've only had it happen to me once, so I don't have a lot of info for you. Hopefully someone who has experienced this more often can help you!
Good idea to get the gloves.
Posted by sixgoofykids (Member # 11141) on :
I got that in Ohio from driving. It did go away. I needed to wear gloves to drive.
Posted by TF (Member # 14183) on :
When I got it on the backs of my hands, it took about a month to heal.
Any amount of sun caused terrible pain that entire time--even in the house coming through a skylight!
Nothing speeds the healing that I know of. It is not permanent. But, it can happen again, so keep the hands covered up when outside.
Posted by Niere (Member # 14387) on :
I guess it depends on how you hold the steering wheel, but my hands got sunburned mostly on the side (kind of on the top of the "C" you can make with your thumb and forefinger.) My thumbnails got burned so badly that I had some lifting of the nail from the nail bed. Not all the way, but enough to make it not the most attractive thing in the world.
I also got "sunspots" on my hands at the same time--they've faded and I too went and purchased lightweight breathable gardening gloves for driving.
The ironic thing is my llmd warned me to wear gloves while driving--did I listen?
Your hands will get better. They just need some time. Posted by SmurfyMom (Member # 13688) on :
My son is currently burnt for the same reason. He is only out in the sun for 1hr for PE at school each day.
He wears long pants and sleeves, sunscreen with SPF of 60 and a cowboy hat.
He is still burnt to a crisp on his face and ears.
Oddly enough, though we are getting it to heal almost completely over the weekend (between school weeks) by putting an antifungal cream on it.
I also have him put aloe vera on it occasionally.
He puts one or the other on every day after school and then several times over the weekend, and by Monday morning it is mostly healed...just a teeny bit pink still.
And yes, I'd love to have him stay in for PE, but that has not worked out so well. The teacher does his best to keep him in the shade, though.
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