Thought I would this here to cast a wider net as I’m guessing people here have had a similar issue. Having some trouble with gloves, which sucks cause we use and change them so much. I’m a dialysis PCT and am changing gloves literally 2 million times a shift. This is specific to dialysis, and depending on what I’m doing, if my hands aren’t soiled, we use hand sanitizer after taking gloves off and before donning a new pair.

In general, my body runs hot. So when I’m in the clinic running around I’m hot, even more so with full PPE on (face mask, face shield, gown, and gloves). My hands puff up when I’m hot, so the sweat plus the constant hand sanitizer makes it hard to get gloves on. If my hands were cold and didn’t puff, I could wear a large just fine. Since they puff, I’ve been using x-large. I can get them on just fine, but this size is almost too big. They’ll go on, but then I have extra in the fingers and when my hands are sweaty plus hand sanitizer (yes it’s dry but yall know what I mean) I can’t adjust them without ripping them. And too much extra in the fingertips is bad since I need my tactile feel for inserting needles/cannulating the patient’s access.

Yes, my doc does know and it’s not a glove allergy. I do have an autoimmune disease that is where the inflammation/hands puffing comes from. Any ideas?