Small blisters

[Guest guest]

Hello Everyone,

Recently my husband has noticed a number of small blisters on his hands. They

don't seem to be associated with any irritation to the skin in those areas and

they pop quite easily. When they pop they then form a small sore typical of any

blister that pops. His skin is quite fragile and he's had his share of rashes

from Gleevec but he's never had these little blisters before. They don't itch,

but they are rather annoying all the same. We were curious whether anyone else

has had something similar.

Also, a few weeks ago there was a discussion thread about blood clots and I had

mentioned that my husband had noticed something hard and string-like running

from his arm pit down the inside of his right arm. One doctor thought it was a

thrombosed vein. Well he got a sonogram and apparently he's got excellent blood

flow through all the veins in that arm. He never had any swelling or redness in

this area. The vascular surgeon doesn't think it's a blood clot but he thinks

that for some reason the vein got irritated and inflamed and it's hard as a

result. Jim takes aranesp for his anemia but none of the doctors involved in

this think that aranesp is the cause of this problem. They all think that it's

going to get better on its own, but he's had this now for about 4 or 5 months.

His arm is sore but other than that there's no problem with it. It is

disconcerting, though, not knowing exactly what the problem is or why it

happened. Has anyone else experienced anything like this or

have any ideas about what's going on? Thanks for your input.

Adrienne

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