Mild form of eczema or allergic to sweats?

I have come to self-diagnose after I had itching and dryness episodes on the sides of my fingers and toes again. This is not surprising as I have similar symptoms every time I'm back to this everyday-you-can-feel-the-dazzling-sun homeland. Last summer, I went to see a GP and he diagnosed allergic to sweats. I could still remember that he asked me to get skin allergy test to recognize the specific allergen or allergens that may cause the symptoms. I tried to escape by telling him I would do that the next time I visit him. During the time, he prescribed (as expected) the steroid cream to be applied twice a day. Fortunately, the symptoms disappeared bit by bit after two weeks and completely disappeared when I'm back to Dublin! Amazing huh!

This time around, I went to see the GP again just to get the steroid cream and i applied it onto all affected areas again and again like the symptoms is nowhere to be found by tomorrow haha. It's almost two weeks now but seems like the cream didn't work this time. Why ah? Yesterday, all of sudden I think of eczema because one could have similar episodes with eczema. Wikipedia is just a click away! Zuupp! Eczema is a form of dermatitis. Huhu. My fingers didn't show any pattern of inflammation therefore maybe not eczema. Nevertheless I found this less common eczema known as dyshidrosis aka housewife's eczema which suits the condition that I now have. It says dyshidrosis only found on palms, soles and sides of fingers and toes. The obvious features are tiny opaque bumps called vesicles (yes, i have this!), thickening (true!) and cracks (yerp!) are accompanied by itching which gets worse at night (i hate this!). It is a common type of hand eczema, it worsens in warm weather (very true!). With insufficient knowledge and inability to come out with other sorts of skin diseases, I would self-diagnose a mild eczema due to the warm weather! Haha.

Alhamdulillah, i finally got a house in Penang. Hope everything goes well. Amin.