title: A trekker in Nepal with painful skin blisters.
abstract: The authors present a case of a 27-year-old woman trekker with painful, slightly itchy eruptions on the dorsum of both hands for 5 days. On examination, she had a papulovesicular rash with some haemorrhagic vesicles over the dorsum of her hands and thumbs.
authors.affiliation: Mountain Medicine Society of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal Kunde Hospital, Khumjung, Solukhumbu, Nepal.
authors.forename: Sushil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pant
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: Linda E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Keyes
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Venereal Diseases, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Unit, Oxford University, Patan Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors.forename: Buddha
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Basnyat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000531:Altitude; D001768:Blister / Q000209:etiology*; D017449:Dermatitis, Allergic Contact / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006633:Histamine Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D009051:Mountaineering; D009390:Nepal; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D019876:Sports Equipment / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D006633:Histamine Antagonists