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11-15-2008, 12:58 PM
|  | Denim Obsessed | | Join Date: Feb 2007
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| | | Driving Me Nuts!! Anyone Help?!
ITCHY FOREARMS!
I cant find relief! Anyone have this? I googled it and threaf/forum/site after site mentions this as if its as common as the cold but with no found cure! I did not sleep last night and claritin does not work (which ALWAYS works for me) i have all the windows open, filter on, fan on, new sheets, covers, pillows.. NOTHING has changed..same skin products/foods.. Yesturday my forearm vein was noticable and itching like hell.,.. this morning its just sooo friggin' itchy! ANYONE have this or can help?? Its a SAT and no docs are avaliable and it sounds like noone can find a cure 
This explains it perfectly: Itchy Arms - Asthma and Allergy - MedHelp |
11-15-2008, 01:15 PM
|  | Denim God | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: A Red State
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| | | Try Aveeno lotion. there is one that is specifically for itchyness and rashes. I had poison ivy this summer on my shins and forearms and it worked wonders!
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11-15-2008, 01:17 PM
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11-15-2008, 04:50 PM
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11-15-2008, 05:57 PM
| | Denim Obsessed | | Join Date: Feb 2007
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| | ^^Thankyou.. my arms are raw Trying not to itch.. Its deffinately internal although the anacane helped with the outer.. Just hoping it will go away.. *sigh* |
11-16-2008, 06:55 PM
|  | Jean Junkie | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: WI
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| | | you need some eucerin calming cream or aquaphor
my derm recommended both when i would get horrible itchniness
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11-16-2008, 07:00 PM
|  | Jean Junkie | | Join Date: Jul 2008
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Originally Posted by FriskyL Benedryl cream | This was going to be my recommendation, as well as hydrocortisone cream. You may need an oral steroid, and take Pepcid a couple times a day. Pepcid is an H2 blocker like Benadryl but won't make you sleepy.
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11-16-2008, 08:02 PM
| | Denim Obsessed | | Join Date: Feb 2007
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| | | hey you guys, ok so i took all the suggestions and today im feeling a bit better! last thing i took was benedryl and passed out! woke up at 1pm today instead of my usual 7am! been i bed with the hubby all day..which was nice! Hopefully my itchies go away all together by tommorow! Thankyou again for the advice! y'all rock! xoxox |
11-16-2008, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Hipslikemonroe hey you guys, ok so i took all the suggestions and today im feeling a bit better! last thing i took was benedryl and passed out! woke up at 1pm today instead of my usual 7am! been i bed with the hubby all day..which was nice! Hopefully my itchies go away all together by tommorow! Thankyou again for the advice! y'all rock! xoxox | Thats why i suggested you use the cream instead of taking the oral. Benedryl pills knock m e off my ass as well. |
11-17-2008, 11:56 PM
| | Denim Obsessed | | Join Date: Feb 2007
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| | I totally get you..The Benedrayl was only taken as a last resort late at night and it did not work (as expected) but it did knock me out and kept me asleep so i would not wake up itching..which was kinda why i didnt mind trying it!  |
11-18-2008, 03:56 AM
| | Jean Junkie | | Join Date: Feb 2007
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| | | I use a coal tar solution with phenol and sulfur in an alcohol gel base.
It's cortisone free and stops the itch fast. It smells nasty though. It's called EgoPsoryl TA.
Antihistamines work, but they take too long. Sometimes it's hard to control the itch, so the coal tar gel is a real godsend.
Other than that just keep your skin moisturized with bath oils- anything with colloidal oatmeal is good, and moisturize frequently. |
11-19-2008, 12:34 AM
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| | | ^^Awesome advice! Thanx babe! -xoxox- | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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