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Medical Forum / General / General / May 2005Dry, Cracking Hands?
My dad has developed dry, cracking hands at the age of 72. Lotions don't seem to work. What is recommended to fix this? TIA, Dan > My dad has developed dry, cracking hands at the age of 72. Lotions don't > seem to work. What is recommended to fix this? As people get older, their skin tends to get drier. He should probably talk to his doctor about this at his next visit. In the meantime, he should try using petrolium jelly after he washes his hands, which helps lock in moisture. His hands should still be a little wet, or else the petrolium jelly just traps the water out of his skin. He may benefit by changing to Dove soap, which has a lot of moisturizing stuff in it. If his hands are dry, I bet other parts of his skin are getting dry, too. This should help both his hands and the other parts of his skin. Jeff > TIA, > Dan Get back FOOb ~ ! > My dad has developed dry, cracking hands at the age of 72. Lotions > don't seem to work. What is recommended to fix this? > > TIA, > Dan Dan, I suggest that you or your dad visit a health food store and ask if they have any vitamins or herbs that will help your dad. I recently read an article indicating that some elderly people have poorly working organs and as a result need extra vitamins and herbs. At the very least, while at the health food store buy a bottle of Multi vitamins in capsule form. The capsules are easier for elderly people to digest than the pill forms of the same vitamins.  SignatureNEWSGROUP SUBSCRIBERS MOTTO We respect those subscribers that ask for advice or provide advice. We do NOT respect the subscribers that enjoy criticizing people. >> My dad has developed dry, cracking hands at the age of 72. Lotions >> don't seem to work. What is recommended to fix this? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > capsules are easier for elderly people to digest than the pill forms of > the same vitamins. Why not go to the nearest Walmart, Target or Rite Aid and get a bottle of vitamins? Do you have any evidence that it is easier to digest vitamin capsules than vitamin pills? Jeff > >> My dad has developed dry, cracking hands at the age of 72. Lotions > >> don't seem to work. What is recommended to fix this? [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Jeff Jeff, I just know from my own experience. Vitamins in pill form cause me to get an upset stomach but vitamins in capsule form do not cause me to get an upset stomach. Try this experiment. Place a vit. tablet in one glass of warm water and a vit. capsule in another glass of warm water. Wait 30 minutes and see which one is dissolved the most. SignatureNEWSGROUP SUBSCRIBERS MOTTO We respect those subscribers that ask for advice or provide advice. We do NOT respect the subscribers that enjoy criticizing people. >> >> My dad has developed dry, cracking hands at the age of 72. Lotions >> >> don't seem to work. What is recommended to fix this? [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > an upset stomach but vitamins in capsule form do not cause me to get an > upset stomach. This has what to do with absorbion for most people? > Try this experiment. Place a vit. tablet in one glass of > warm water and a vit. capsule in another glass of warm water. Wait 30 > minutes and see which one is dissolved the most. Last I checked, the stomach is full of acid. The test you suggest is irrelevent. Please provide real eveidence that a vitamin tablet is not nearly completely absorbed or that a vitamin capsule is better asorbed. Jeff >Please provide real eveidence that a vitamin tablet is not nearly completely >absorbed or that a vitamin capsule is better asorbed. and that if it were not, it would cause an upset stomach. bob > >> >> My dad has developed dry, cracking hands at the age of 72. Lotions > >> >> don't seem to work. What is recommended to fix this? [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > Jeff Jeff, Great point--use lemon juice instead of water in your experiment. If you want to use vit. pills instead of vit. capsules--do it. Several vit. companies use only capsules instead of pills. It's my guess that they do this to get more customers than those vit. companies that still produce pills. Jason SignatureNEWSGROUP SUBSCRIBERS MOTTO We respect those subscribers that ask for advice or provide advice. We do NOT respect the subscribers that enjoy criticizing people. >> My dad has developed dry, cracking hands at the age of 72. Lotions >> don't seem to work. What is recommended to fix this? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >I suggest that you or your dad visit a health food store and ask if they >have any vitamins or herbs that will help your dad. I recommend you ignore anything jason writes. He likes to try to practice medicine without a license, something he is singularly ill-qualified to do. -- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct. "I don't need someone to tell me that George W. Bush is a deceitful, corrupt, clever and destructive man--that's pretty clear on the face of it." -- Garrison Keillor > >> My dad has developed dry, cracking hands at the age of 72. Lotions > >> don't seem to work. What is recommended to fix this? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > practice medicine without a license, something he is singularly > ill-qualified to do. Hello, I have never clamed that I am a doctor. Based upon some of the posts, I doubt if some of those people that claim to be doctors are medical doctors. Jason SignatureNEWSGROUP SUBSCRIBERS MOTTO We respect those subscribers that ask for advice or provide advice. We do NOT respect the subscribers that enjoy criticizing people. >> >> My dad has developed dry, cracking hands at the age of 72. Lotions >> >> don't seem to work. What is recommended to fix this? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >doubt if some of those people that claim to be doctors are medical >doctors. You're no judge, Jason. You're far too ignorant to be one. I've seen no reason to doubt that most of the purported MDs here are, in fact, MDs. (I have severe doubts that "Dr" Cee has any degree that wasn't purchased by mail-order, however.) -- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct. "I don't need someone to tell me that George W. Bush is a deceitful, corrupt, clever and destructive man--that's pretty clear on the face of it." -- Garrison Keillor > >> >> My dad has developed dry, cracking hands at the age of 72. Lotions > >> >> don't seem to work. What is recommended to fix this? [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > in fact, MDs. (I have severe doubts that "Dr" Cee has any degree that > wasn't purchased by mail-order, however.) I agree that most of the people in this newsgroup that claim to be doctors really are medical doctors. I am not a doctor but I have worked in hospitals before I retired and have stood beside doctors as they done various medical procedures on patients. As a result of my MA degree and special courses that I had to take to keep my job--I know more than most people about medical issues. However, I do know that doctors know more than I know which is why I refer people to their doctors when they have serious problems. SignatureNEWSGROUP SUBSCRIBERS MOTTO We respect those subscribers that ask for advice or provide advice. We do NOT respect the subscribers that enjoy criticizing people. >> >> >> My dad has developed dry, cracking hands at the age of 72. Lotions >> >> >> don't seem to work. What is recommended to fix this? [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >special courses that I had to take to keep my job--I know more than most >people about medical issues. A skill you have thus far failed to demonstrate on the newsgroups. >However, I do know that doctors know more >than I know which is why I refer people to their doctors when they have >serious problems. But you also tell them to go to health food stores and ask some random drone working there what they should take for a specific problem. This is more or less equivalent to telling them to put a bunch of remedies on a dart board and to throw darts to pick a solution. -- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct. "I don't need someone to tell me that George W. Bush is a deceitful, corrupt, clever and destructive man--that's pretty clear on the face of it." -- Garrison Keillor > My dad has developed dry, cracking hands at the age of 72. Lotions > don't seem to work. What is recommended to fix this? If it's just his hands, try bag balm/udder balm) available at some verterinarians or farm supply stores. Slather it on and wear cotton gloves with this in them, while he's sleeping. (same for feet/socks) And investigate what he's doing with his hands; too hot water ? If it's his whole body, I don't know what would help. (again, watch for too hot water bath/shower) What does his doctor suggest? J > > My dad has developed dry, cracking hands at the age of 72. Lotions > > don't seem to work. What is recommended to fix this? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Slather it on and wear cotton gloves with this in them, while he's > sleeping. (same for feet/socks) Correction: Danger of slip/falls. wear non-slip slippers instead of socks, or in addition to the socks. > And investigate what he's doing with his hands; too hot water ? > > If it's his whole body, I don't know what would help. (again, watch for > too hot water bath/shower) > What does his doctor suggest? > J |
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