A mum-of-two is struggling to deal with a skin condition that's totally changed her quality of life to the point where she can't cook, clean or drive without experiencing excruciating pain.
Ceira Lennon, whose children are aged eight and 10, suffers from Pompholyx which is a type of eczema that causes blisters to develop across the fingers, palms of the hands and sometimes the soles of the feet.
For the 40-year-old self-employed business woman, the condition has consumed her hands and doing everyday tasks has become a mission for her.
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It started when she launched a small independent business last year where she makes and sells artwork. She kickstarted the business after her dad died.
Ceira, from Bothwell, in South Lanarkshire, said: "I tried to do something to take my mind off something. I’m not too sure if it’s anything to do with what I’m working with but last May I noticed this thing happening with my hands where they would swell up and blister.
"They became really sore and my whole hands would peel off. It got progressively worse and has had a massive impact on me.
"It’s this continuous cycle where they keep blistering, swelling, peeling off and I’m having to wear bandages and gloves on my hands.
"I’m stuck in this hellish cycle and it starts to affect you mentally. My kids are having to put up with me struggling."
Ceira has been put on steroid treatment and had photochemotherapy but her condition seems to be getting worse rather than improving.
She has been on a waiting list for an allergy test for six months to determine what her skin could be reacting to.
The mum added: "Any treatment that I’ve had has not been successful and it’s slowly driving me insane.
"I haven’t been working as much lately and am constantly wearing gloves so I’m not touching anything with my bare hands because I can’t. I feel extremely deflated.
"I struggle to drive, it hurts but I can’t just stop everything. It’s a debilitating disease.
"I’ve dealt with allergies and eczema all my life but never this severe and this long-lasting."
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