Orange stains on hands

Carotenemia? Are you eating a lot of orange, red & yellow fruits and vegetables?

no not really, it’s very weird

I don’t want to scare you as it could be something you’ve touched but with you saying it’s not washing away I’m actually going to say it looks like Cholestasis. I’d get yourself to triage tonight and get it checked. Worse thing they say is it’s nothing but if it is Cholestasis you need to know asap xx

do you know if there’s any other symptoms of this? I’ve heard being very itchy is one but I wouldn’t say I have that xx

itchiness can be a sign of it but not everyone gets itchy, it’s actually not the most common symptom. They say things like dark urine or light stools can be a tell tale sign. Loss of appetite can be one, tummy pain or feeling sick.

It presents itself in lots of different ways and can be mistaken for other things which is why it’s important to be on the safe side and get it checked xx

is it the same on your feet at all? Have you checked xx

Might sound weird but if you have any of 'the pink stuff' cleaning paste then see if it comes off with it in case its something you've touched and not realised. It gets everything off (not for skin, but desperate measures) but yeah if not probably get checked out!

Did you by any chance clean/ peel pomegranates? It always makes my fingertips all yellow

I’ve had this happen to me twice before, I wasn’t pregnant either and I never figured it out. I’m glad I’m not the only, thought I was going crazy

Didn’t touch any plants either? I find some plants can make this appear! I just think it’s odd it’s in splodges - feels like it would be something surface level! x

I had that to when I was pregnant it was for a week or 2 but it cleared right up

I’ve checked my feet and they look fine, same as everywhere else apart from my hands. Had it last night too, but went away overnight and I thought nothing of it & just presumed I’d touched something! Just weird that it’s come up again. Still feeling baby move as normal so going to bring it up at my next appt on weds xx

will give this a try, thanks!!

no I didn’t haha, will bare in mind for future though 🤣

sooo weird, my mum thinks I’m mental 🤣

nope literally nothing, it is very strange that it’s just on my fingertips. Last night it was the same but on my other hand

interesting, hopefully it’ll be the same for me!

definitely , I thought something was wrong too but my doctor told me that everything would be OK

I second calling up triage about Cholestasis I had it in my last pregnancy and it can turn the skin yellow in colour hope you get to the bottom of it x

I’ve had this before! Wasn’t pregnant at the time, called in to the pharmacy but they didn’t have a clue either. Only thing I could think of was that I was using a copper hair mask with carrot oil in it? used gloves when using it though so was very bizarre. Went away quickly and haven’t had it since.

The only time I’ve had this experience is when I take turmeric - any chance you’ve taken some?

Is it still there? I'm invested in finding out why your hands went orange!

it seems to have gone at the minute… very very weird!! Convinced it wasn’t a stain but who knows 🤷🏼‍♀️ keeping an eye on it!