HELP! I need remedy for itchy skin?

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for past 4 weeks I have been suffering with itchy skin. Doctor priscribed Derbac M thinking it's scabies. Then the pharmacies recommended piriton , calamine lotion and then again cetirizine hydrochloride 10mg tablets. The worst is over. But still I feel itchy and the the skin now getting damage by scratching. I feel very stressful and I am unable to cope anymore. I had smooth nice skin. I want to get that back. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

If you follow all this well meaning, but nevertheless amateur, advice you are stepping into a minefield.

Stress can trigger all sorts of ailments and allergies.

Go back to your GP and adopt a firmer stance.Tell him that his advice did not work and ask him to refer you to a dermatologist.

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I also occasionally suffer with itchy skin. the two things that I have problems with is 1) I have a food allergy to something, and I break out in hives. I thought this was peanuts, but it is not. Without expensive allergy tests, I can only guess. I take benadryl tablets when I get hives, and I avoid hot water, heat, I wear less clothes, etc as it gets worse if I get overheated. 2) I discovered that in the winter my skin gets so dry, I itch and scratch and actually break out in a rash.

Avoid hot baths or showers, or extensive soaking in the tub. Be sure to use a gentle soap on your skin and don't worry about soaping up your whole body every time you shower. Then use Gold Bond cream (get it at walmart,) and slather it all over your body. Do it several times a day, or whenever you feel the need. Other than that, I have no clue.

But my experience has been that the doctor's usually don't have a clue either. Have you looked up scabies on the internet? What makes him think it is scabies? Did he take skin scrapings and examine them under a microscope? that is the only way to properly diagnose scabies. If this is the case and it is scabies, then you need to determine who you caught it from and make sure you abstain from sexual contact until this is corrected or you will continually be reinfected. This person will need to seek treatment also or he will continually infect others.

If it is, it will help if you wash all your bedding in hot water, then run through the dryer on hot heat. Change your bedding often. also I would wash all my clothes and start fresh. Dry clean all clothing you cannot wash. This will help and it will halt the continual reinfection .

I know this must be miserable, and I wish you the best of luck in your treatment. If it is scabies, be very careful who you choose for a sexual partner to prevent this or possible other more serious things from happening to you. Sex should be a wonderful activity to indulge in often, but it needs to be practiced responsibly. Know your partner and his sexual activities.

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I get and have been through MANY bouts of itchy skin
You'll prob find the scratching actually amkes it worse in the long run- even if the relief feels unbeatable at first... You can help yourself by covering your skin in an itch relief cream- E45 do one- Its called E45 with Hydrochortisol or something -ask the pharmasist. There are also others on the market which are the same thing but from my experience it can only be bought over the counter (you just need to cover the itchy part though and not everyday for over a week, the packet leaflet explains it.)

While this is on, to stop inadvertiedly scratching the skin by "accident", try covering your finger nails or hands in bangages or cotten gloves (not the lace part as it defies the point)

You may want to open afew windows as you may get kinda hot- not from the gloves, but as you restrict your scratching, your stress goes up as you try to tollerate the not scratching- its bad for about half an hour (maybe less) then all of a sudden it gets easier, the itch is still there, but is way more easy to tollerate.

After a few days your skin begins to heal, scabs begin to fall/dissapear and unless you have nails which resenble edward sissorhands, your skin should be smooth and un burderned again.

You didnt say what caused the problem, I have had exma, scabies and other wierd rashes brought on by synthetic clothes. In each case you need to get rid of the cause, my exma was bought on by stress and when it returns I see it as a warning to change my perception of things, the synthetic clothes I dont wear anymore, but the scabies? thats a long story!

To get rid of scabies I'd google it, I eventually was lucky enough to be moved from the hostle I had been living in and caught scabies from, into a new place which I had to furnish, paint and put floor down myself. Each day I had to scrub my skin for paint before I could sleep on my new matress. I am sure it was all this effort which got rid of the buggers which had plagued my skin for two years previously! My point is for scabies your looking at boil-washing what you can, sterilising the rest and repainting, throwing out your matress and throwing away what everelse you cannot clean thougherly. Ohterwise the itchyness will never ever go if its scabies caused

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It would be useful to know where your itching area actually is because it affects the answers you will get. Generally, annoying itching occurs just beneath the shoulder blades, perhaps creeping around the side. It wil normally occur where the skin covers fleshy/fatty areas.
Again, many skin irritations start up in the period after Christmas and leading into the Spring.
Further, when the mind is agitated it can reflect itself in a form of nervous itching.
You will have read from all the other respondents that they all have so many differing answers; you see itching does not have just one or two causes, but a multiple. Some remedies will make the itching worse because the skin cannot breathe, others will be able to deal with an inflamatory condition.
More confusingly, the area of itching can disappear of it's own free will.
What you have to do, is to start with the simple things like washing the area with either Simple Soap or Wrights Coal Tar Soap. Not with hot water but a little warmer than warm. Then wash off with cold water so as to prevent the blood getting excited in that spot. Dry off gently. Cover lightly with Medicated Powder. Then, most importantly send your mind elsewhere harnessing on more interesting things.
It is also possible that you get a little too warm. People don't normally itch when they cold.
Some might say, you need to see a Dermatologist but for reasons mentioned above he knows that your type of problem will disappear ot it's own free will.
There is one thing I will guarantee to you. It is this - You will not have the condition in three months time. That is why you need to use simple methods of care.
Have FAITH in my last paragraph.

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I started suffering from this problem and tried every external remedy and lotion I could find. Then I started talking a Zyrtec every day, and the problem stopped. However I do have to continue taking the Zyrtec daily or else it comes back. I had no visible rash, but the slightest touch would leave red streaks or even welts on my skin sometimes. The Dr. took a pen and wrote on my arm with barrel of it (without the ink part pushed out). I instantly got red welts in the shape of what he wrote. He said it's allergies and he must be right because as long as I take my medicine, the itching is gone, although my skin is still sensitive. Also consider having your Thyroid tested, an underactive thyroid can cause dry itchy skin. Good Luck.

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HELP! I need remedy for itchy skin?
for past 4 weeks I have been suffering with itchy skin. Doctor priscribed Derbac M thinking it's scabies. Then the pharmacies recommended piriton , calamine lotion and then again cetirizine hydrochloride 10mg tablets. The worst is over. But still I feel itchy and the the skin now getting damage...

Answer 10

That is something i suffered with for ages until i realised that it is the soap-powder i am using. Using Automatic washing machines does not rinse the clothes properly and it affected my skin badly. I now give my washing a double rinse and my skin does not itch so bad anymore. Also the water in UK is very hard, try rubbing baby oil into your skin after bath or use some in the bath-water. Then again my friend who is going through the change of life complains of itching skin all the time that could be a reason as well if you are about that age. I wish you luck because it is a horrible feeling having itching skin. Take care:)))

Answer 11

I have the same problem and the doctor cannot find the cause though he thinks it could be an allergy to food additives (found in most food these days one way or another) even the sulphites in wine can cause itchy skin.

Anyway I have tried almost everything and nothing helps me apart from aqueous cream BP from boots. It is so effective on itchy skin and I would not be without it.

Do give it a try. It can be bought over the counter at Boots for about 78P for 100g tube though I think it comes in bigger sizes if required (Try this first before forking out on expensive lotions).

All the best to you. Nettie Uk lass.

AQUEOUS CREAM from boots the best. Give me your address and I'll send you some.

Yes I had the pen test and all the antihistamine tabs nothing worked except the cream. One tip though if you shower use all in one shampoo and conditioner instead of both.Much better for itchy skin ....believe me.