Sticky Skin Has Worsened To Something Unimaginable!

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I have had a condition for a year when my skin becomes sticky when it is wet, then becomes normal when it completely drys.  All my doctors keeps sending me to other doctors who just basically tell me they think i'm crazy.  even my whole family,when i explain my symptoms think it's all in my head.  What is so upsetting about it is that I wear plastic gloves to keep whatever it is I've got from them.  and I remove the gloves, my fingers actually stick together when I remove them until the skin dries.  Now  all my fingers, face, lips arms legs everything on my body feels as if there is a thin, film or something that noone else can see, visually but me.  I know how my own skin feels normally.  sometime it feels like I am actually wearing a mask something. There is some redness but mostly noone, including my doctors can observe anything.  My dermotologist says hes never heard of such a thing, and when I told my family this,  they think I'm making it all up!  Yet I know I've got something i can't even explain to anyone anymore.  So i just quit talkig to them about it.   I have watched this thing spread from my underarms to my whole body then into my mouth and lips.  My eyes also now have the same stickyness around them and now even inside the eye causing vision problems and ocassionally an inability to clear the film from my eyes.  There is a severe burning sensation on my face now and believe it or not, I get strange flavors in my mouth, like an extreme salty taste, a bitter peppery taste and  now even, if I had to discribe it to anyone , i'd have to call it a bitter, salty mud taste.  There is a film in my mouth and teeth too.  I can't stand this anymore, I feel like I am a complete freak.  I've have strange chest pain and shortness of breath issues, which i think are completely related to my skin issue somehow, because the film I can feel this film down the back of my throat and my breathing worsens like a bad cold that will just not go away.  but the doctors just  say lose weight, and exercise.   Which i'm doing, but Like thats going to help my skin problem.  I cant find any answers.  I now am on arsinal of vitamins and suppliments trying to  find something, ANYTHING that might by chance correct whatever this is..  And I just keep watching it worsen..  It is so disheartening.   i met a guy online who said hes had similar symptoms and that he spread it to his whole family through showing inn the same shower.. it seems the only way to make people understand what I've got, is if they had it too.  Sure would like to find someone who an relate  it ***** out here alone!

[kimdoll]

Hi all, I have the same condition too.  It started after long term antibiotic use for lyme disease and the doctor prescribed an antimicrobial as well.   I finally found the answer after dealing with this condition for a year and being on the brink of my sanity.  No doctor could figure out what was causing it or how to fix it, until I went to an Infectious Disease doctor at John Hopkins.   She told me it is a condition called microbiome imblance from all the antibiotics I have been on.  It started with head sweats and turned into a sticky mixture all over the body.  It was three layers thick on the face and I was slowly losing it.  My doctor said to start using probiotics.   This is a real condition and I know it sounds bizarre I was told to see a psychiatrist by my therapist even though I had documentation from other doctors that something medical was going on they just could figure out what.  I have been on probiotics for 6-7 months now and it is slowly and I mean slowing working.  I'm still trying to remain calm through all this because stress makes it worse.  I've been put on medicine to keep me calm while it heals.  This has got to be by far the worst thing I've ever dealt with.

[Alvin92]

Would you mind to share the address of the doctor you had visited

[mcfodster8]

What did they put u on?

[mahniah]

neemo - do you have an update?

[bethut]

I just read your rather desperate message in Sticky Paws, ans I could have been reading my own diary. I have all your symptoms plus a few.it
However, I do have some sort of good news....I have found a way to control "sticky paws"...at least on a  took me at least two months to convince my family that there was anything wrong at all, and I have seen four dermatologist, none of whome dis any testing or sampling, none of whom prescribed any relief, aand one who never got within five feet of me.I have found a  way to control "sticky Paws"...at least on a limited basis. First, wash hands into the palm of one thoroughly with an anti-fungal soap. Rinse and dry gently, then pour about a teaspoon of a throat rinse called Biotene in the palm of one hand and rub hands together briskly, not forgetting beween fingers. This time, allow to dry naturally and then.... believe it or not...coat both hand with BABY POWDER!  Shake off excess. This will keep ypur hand dry for four or five hours IF you do not handle anything wet or damp.  This isn't a perfect solution  but it's better that nothing! Hope it works for you. If you have come up with any tips for aany of mmy symptoms, PLEASE let me know. .  Many thanks After all, we sufferershavee to stick together.    

[Kaylamou]

If antifungal soap helps it's likely you have a fungal infection and need to use antifungal medication (can easily get over the counter - I liked the spray - and use as directed) if this treatment doesn't help then it's not a fungal infection, but it's worth a try - it worked for me.

[scambuster]

I've had very similar issues for 20 years....after tons of research I am convinced this is a thyroid rooted issue...the thyroid can be poisoned by
mercury from dental fillings...or chemicals in food.....fluoride....thereby suppressing the entire immune system...and also is related to low grade dental infections causing blocked energy flow through meridians in the teeth. U can actually test the voltage
from the teeth w/ a mila volt meter and prove this theory.

test your basil body temperature,......under arm pit...
and check other symptoms for hypothyroid....I know it
sounds wierd...but " it is where it aint"..
the thyroid controls everything.....!!