The risks of being a sheepherder's wife QUESTIONS: A 37-year-old woman has a 2-week history of a blistering lesion on her right hand. She is a sheepherder's wife, and many of the sheep on their farm have come down with an illness that they call "sore mouth." The dome-shaped bulla with central crusting (see figure) is tender to touch.
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