itching

[Guest guest]

Yes arjay I do that too. I thought it was the minocin. Now I think its a

herx of some sort. I go for along time with no itch then all of a sudden

I start. About 2 months ago I scratched so hard on my theigh (only one)I

got bruises.

cooky

arjay wrote:

>

> From: arjay <arjay@...>

>

> Hi All

>

> I have been doing really well so I haven't been posting much. I don't

> have any joint pain or swelling and I haven't changed any medication,

> but for the last several days I've had attacks of itchy places. It

> generally happens about 5pm a random place gets itchy I scratch very

> little and big red welts appear. I take a couple benadyrl and in an

> hour or so it goes away. I had thought a food allergy, but today I only

> had breakfast and then water until 5 and some popped up. There were

> fewer than usual, but they still came. I haven't changed body soap or

> detergent. Since I'm on the Protien Power diet I had started eating

> Atkin Protien bars for lundh or as a snack and I suspected them, but I

> only had a small bite of one yesterday and none today. Anybody else get

> this kind of thing? I've never been very allergic.

> Thanks

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

My clindamycin does exactly that. The more you scratch the crazier it gets.

I've read that becoming itchy is also a sign of herxing, just in a different

form.

My minocin cause little welts when you scratch too.

Donna

Ottawa, Canada

Scleroderma, Jan.95, AP Oct.97

(My Story)http:// www3.sympatico.ca/mousepotatoes

rheumatic itching

>From: arjay <arjay@...>

>

>Hi All

>

>I have been doing really well so I haven't been posting much. I don't

>have any joint pain or swelling and I haven't changed any medication,

>but for the last several days I've had attacks of itchy places. It

>generally happens about 5pm a random place gets itchy I scratch very

>little and big red welts appear. I take a couple benadyrl and in an

>hour or so it goes away. I had thought a food allergy, but today I only

>had breakfast and then water until 5 and some popped up. There were

>fewer than usual, but they still came. I haven't changed body soap or

>detergent. Since I'm on the Protien Power diet I had started eating

>Atkin Protien bars for lundh or as a snack and I suspected them, but I

>only had a small bite of one yesterday and none today. Anybody else get

>this kind of thing? I've never been very allergic.

>Thanks

>

>

>

>>

[Guest guest]

My minocin cause little welts when you scratch too.

Donna

Once again we seem to have the same symptoms. I thought that this was just me

and my fair

skin doing the unusual.

I thought maybe it was just me plus a very dry climate.

Gwen

Donna and Ray wrote:

> From: " Donna and Ray " <mousepotatoes@...>

>

> My clindamycin does exactly that. The more you scratch the crazier it gets.

> I've read that becoming itchy is also a sign of herxing, just in a different

> form.

>

> My minocin cause little welts when you scratch too.

>

> Donna

> Ottawa, Canada

> Scleroderma, Jan.95, AP Oct.97

> (My Story)http:// www3.sympatico.ca/mousepotatoes

> rheumatic itching

>

> >From: arjay <arjay@...>

> >

> >Hi All

> >

> >I have been doing really well so I haven't been posting much. I don't

> >have any joint pain or swelling and I haven't changed any medication,

> >but for the last several days I've had attacks of itchy places. It

> >generally happens about 5pm a random place gets itchy I scratch very

> >little and big red welts appear. I take a couple benadyrl and in an

> >hour or so it goes away. I had thought a food allergy, but today I only

> >had breakfast and then water until 5 and some popped up. There were

> >fewer than usual, but they still came. I haven't changed body soap or

> >detergent. Since I'm on the Protien Power diet I had started eating

> >Atkin Protien bars for lundh or as a snack and I suspected them, but I

> >only had a small bite of one yesterday and none today. Anybody else get

> >this kind of thing? I've never been very allergic.

> >Thanks

> >

> >

> >

> >>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I was reading a book on JRA-- " Your Child With Arthritis " put out by the

s Hopkins Press, and it mentioned that some nsaids, in combination with

having fair skin and with sun exposure could cause a condition called

pseudoporyphria. The combination of these factors can cause fragility of

the skin with a separation of the top layer of the skin. This can lead to

easy scarring and blistering of the skin with minor injuries. Your comment

about the welts when you scratched made me think of this. Something to ask

your doc about if you have been on nsaids and have fair skin. Also keep in

mind that you may be having a mild allergic reaction to one of your meds,

they can sometimes develop even after you have been on a medication for a

long time.

Good book, BTW, as far as going into details about JRA, and

child-specific issues, like disability and school/social issues, insurance

issues, ROM exercises for kids, etc., but unfortunately it does not cover

antibiotics except sulfasalazine. Liz G

[Guest guest]

Alright, we've all been itching this week, but my doc said my red itchy

patch (with a tail) on my chest is a fungal infection. He had me get Lamisil

over-the counter. It is sold as an athlete's foot or jock itch remedy, but

is an antifungal for tinea infections.

Mind you, I do have a red raised welt, and it is beginning to get scaly. I'm

gonna see if this helps.

oh shoot, now my arm itches.....

Jean

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>From: Cooky <cooky1@...>

>arjay <arjay@...>

>Subject: Re: rheumatic itching

>Date: Thu, Oct 28, 1999, 9:18 PM

>

> From: Cooky <cooky1@...>

>

> Yes arjay I do that too. I thought it was the minocin. Now I think its a

> herx of some sort. I go for along time with no itch then all of a sudden

> I start. About 2 months ago I scratched so hard on my theigh (only one)I

> got bruises.

> cooky

>

>

>

>

>

> arjay wrote:

>>

>> From: arjay <arjay@...>

>>

>> Hi All

>>

>> I have been doing really well so I haven't been posting much. I don't

>> have any joint pain or swelling and I haven't changed any medication,

>> but for the last several days I've had attacks of itchy places. It

>> generally happens about 5pm a random place gets itchy I scratch very

>> little and big red welts appear. I take a couple benadyrl and in an

>> hour or so it goes away. I had thought a food allergy, but today I only

>> had breakfast and then water until 5 and some popped up. There were

>> fewer than usual, but they still came. I haven't changed body soap or

>> detergent. Since I'm on the Protien Power diet I had started eating

>> Atkin Protien bars for lundh or as a snack and I suspected them, but I

>> only had a small bite of one yesterday and none today. Anybody else get

>> this kind of thing? I've never been very allergic.

>> Thanks

>>

>>

>>

>>

> >

[Guest guest]

I also have started in the past few weeks to develop small red welts that

itch. They come and go quickly. The post about the NSAIDS and fair skin

started me thinking. I don't have fair skin and I just started Celebrex again

this week, after the welts first occurred. I do get allergic reactions. Herx

or drug allergy? Mmm...Interesting.

[Guest guest]

>I also have started in the past few weeks to develop small red welts that

>itch. They come and go quickly.

Itching after taking a drug is one sign of drug allergy. Be sure to talk to

your doctor about it, as sometimes mild allergic reactions can blow up into

serious ones without warning. Might be some other allergy you are not aware

of, that is just coincidental, but watch the timing of the reaction and talk

to the doc just to make sure, OK? If the relation is unclear, keeping a med

and food + reaction journal for a few days might help to pick up on it. Liz

G

[Guest guest]

, welts sound more like an allergy.

cooky

leslie@... wrote:

>

> From: leslie@...

>

> I also have started in the past few weeks to develop small red welts that

> itch. They come and go quickly. The post about the NSAIDS and fair skin

started me thinking. I don't have fair skin and I just started Celebrex again

this week, after the welts first occurred. I do get allergic reactions. Herx

or drug allergy? Mmm...Interesting.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Agnes.

I just read that you are experiencing problems with itching. I do too

sometimes and thought at first it was the antibiotics I was taking or the

plaquenol but they weren't the culprits. It was an allergy to my laundry

soap and/or my drier sheets. It sounds too simple but I found that when I

put my laundry, especially towels, through another rinse cycle and then

dried them without bounce sheets, my itching virtually disappeared. I add

white vinegar to the last rinse cycle for towels. It helps soften them and

cuts the soap left in.

Also I noticed that the itching was worse if I had eaten oranges, bananas,

tomatoes or corn. I eliminated all those things when I went on a modified

diet for ap and for weight loss. It may be worth while for you to keep a

food diary to check for triggers.

Like you my itching was everywhere but no rash showed. I tried cool baths,

epsom salts, aveeno lotion, gold bond and allergy pills. The pills worked in

that I was given enough relief that I could sleep at night but when I awoke

the next morning the itching was back. I hope this helps for you as it seems

to have for me.

ne

[Guest guest]

When I first started my treatment I had a rash that itched real bad. I used one of the cortisone creams on it. I think that the hep can cause itching also.

[ ] Itching

I've been having this problem lately where I have intense itching on my forearms. It just started a short while ago. Has anyone else had itching? Any ideas how to stop it?

DH

[Guest guest]

Either Benedryl cream ortake benedryl pills..They make you sleepy but it works..I have Exzema and it's the best thing without a prescription but with Hep C we itch anyway..I keep Benedryl pills always...Miracle worker...Or any hydrocortizone creme will do.....

[Guest guest]

I have had it, oddly enough, only on my left forearm

for weeks. I get it on my lower legs too. My dr gave

me benedryl which didn't really agree with me, so he

switched me to reglan. It seems to help. -dz-

--- Dennis <dhuber@...> wrote:

> I've been having this problem lately where I have

> intense itching on my forearms. It just started a

> short while ago. Has anyone else had itching? Any

> ideas how to stop it?

>

> DH

>

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Have you tried sporanox the antifungal. It worked really well for us. After that we moved to CMO the fatty acid and that helped my son tremendously.

rheumatic Itching

Dear Group,

This problem has been covered before, but I never saved any information on it dealing with specific remedies because it wasn't a problem for my daughter with SD until now. ITCHING. Yesterday she says her back in particular is itching like mad and driving her crazy.

Any suggestions?

EllenTo unsubscribe, email: rheumatic-unsubscribeegroups

[Guest guest]

Thanks to both you and Teri for your suggestions. We'll try one or the other.

Ellen

rheumatic Itching

Dear Group,

This problem has been covered before, but I never saved any information on it dealing with specific remedies because it wasn't a problem for my daughter with SD until now. ITCHING. Yesterday she says her back in particular is itching like mad and driving her crazy.

Any suggestions?

EllenTo unsubscribe, email: rheumatic-unsubscribeegroups

[Guest guest]

Hi Ellen! Geoff here.

Check adverse reactions with her drugs. The usual MD remedy is topical corticosteroids, but despite admonishments of safety, they are absorbed through the skin. If you don't find itching for one of her drugs, check interactions too. Also, check to make certain that any recently filled Rx's haven't changed in some way, e.g., brand, or even in the same brand, fillers, etc.

HTH

Geoffsoli Deo gloria

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/7/03 8:58:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

janekarsten@... writes:

> Cheri,

>

> Okay, I just thought it was me. I have this kind of

> itching on the bottom of my feet, mostly at night, for

> a night every couple of weeks. I try rubbing lotion

> into them and massaging them to get rid of the itch,

> which can go on for days. Doctors think I'm nuts

> because I have no rash and don't believe me when I

> tell them that itch comes from deep inside. Is this

> related to P? I've never had any P, or atleast thought

> I didn't. I had a rough, scaly patch on the side of my

> right foot for the last three years and believed it to

> be a callous and would rub tons of lotion into it to

> try to soften it. This past weekend I discovered that

> it's gone - completely - nice smooth skin again. I've

> been on Enbrel for six months now, was this P? Could

> this have cleared it up

Not sure who posted this to Cheri but here is to you,

I had this trouble one the bottom of my feet for years, it has been so many

that I cannot put a number on it. I grew up on the Texas Gulf coast and spend

most of my summers at the beach without shoes. My mother always attributed

this condition to not wearing shoes. By the time I was in college the scaly

patches began to cover both of my feet entirely and got very itchy. Then it

began peeling, not flaking, but peeling. Peeling of in large sheets and

sometimes

chunks of skin. This would then leave red, raw and sometimes bleeding

patches that would hurt to stand on. And of course all the different doctors

that I

went to seeking a DX would not have an answer to me as what this could be.

In 1997 I was at my wits end and went to a podiatrist and he did some X-rays

and told me that it was PA. My tarsals in both great toes are fused and eroded.

And I still have not found a wonder cream to stop any of the symptoms. But,

when I began Remicade in November of last year and then in January switched

to Enbrel things did clear up. It was a small miracle for me. Since I am off

meds until November, though, things are breaking out again. Right now the 2

bad places I have are under my left great toe and the bottom outer part of my

left foot. They have both recently peeled off in a 1 inch thick chunk of skin

at it is very painful. Hope this sheds (no pun intended) so light on the

subject for you! Good luck!

[Guest guest]

Cheri,

Okay, I just thought it was me. I have this kind of

itching on the bottom of my feet, mostly at night, for

a night every couple of weeks. I try rubbing lotion

into them and massaging them to get rid of the itch,

which can go on for days. Doctors think I'm nuts

because I have no rash and don't believe me when I

tell them that itch comes from deep inside. Is this

related to P? I've never had any P, or atleast thought

I didn't. I had a rough, scaly patch on the side of my

right foot for the last three years and believed it to

be a callous and would rub tons of lotion into it to

try to soften it. This past weekend I discovered that

it's gone - completely - nice smooth skin again. I've

been on Enbrel for six months now, was this P? Could

this have cleared it up?

[Guest guest]

Jane, I believe you have p on your feet. I do too. For years we have joked

that I should be shod instead of wearing people shoes. I think the itching is

just like the patches I have always had on my scalp. They itched unmercifully

and I scratched until I bled. The itching I have now is where I have the most

inflammation from PA. I read something about the PA doing the same thing to the

soft tissue as P does to surface skin. It builds up too fast then flakes off,

except the soft tissue can't flake. I don't know about Enbrel clearing it up

but MTX really cleared up my P and helped prevent joint damage. I am playing

with fire right now as I am only taking arava. I just have to have a break from

all the meds. I am paying a price for it though and don't recommend anyone else

do as I am doing.

I also recommend pedicures as often as you can afford the time and money. It

gives me a new lease on life every time I have one.

Cheri

[Guest guest]

Absolutely, iritrievably, most definetely, YES!

Haha, yup, thats one of the lovely byproducts of PA and the P. Because life

isn't complete with just swollen joints, achy fingers and depression. You must

itch like crazy on top of it.

<quirkygirl98815@...> wrote:

Does pa cause itching?

[Guest guest]

, I itch a lot, especially when there is a lot of inflammation present,

which is most of the time. I just started an anti inflammatory and the itching

subsided within 3 hours and has been much better since. I hope you find an

answer. Cheri :-))

[ ] itching

Does pa cause itching?

[Guest guest]

---Thanks, that answers a lot of questins. Now I know why that

happens.

In , Reoch

<misty_tenor@y...> wrote:

>

> Absolutely, iritrievably, most definetely, YES!

>

> Haha, yup, thats one of the lovely byproducts of PA and the P.

Because life isn't complete with just swollen joints, achy fingers

and depression. You must itch like crazy on top of it.

>

> <quirkygirl98815@h...> wrote:

>

>

> Does pa cause itching?

[Guest guest]

It is astonishing to me that any doctor could say that psoriasis doesnt itch.

The word psoriasis itself is a latin word. The first half psora means to

itch so the word itself tells you that the first person to make a clinical

definition of psoriasis recognised that was a hallmark symptom of psoriasis.

Beyond that who ( " in the " had to edit my own post) did that doctor ask " does

it itch? " I have to

suspect that the doctors who say it doesnt itch do so as a psychological

excercize

to keep you from scratching which can worsen psoriasis through the Koebner

phenomena. Orin

In a message dated 2/8/05 11:39:17 AM Central Standard Time,

misty_tenor@... writes:

Absolutely, iritrievably, most definetely, YES!

Haha, yup, thats one of the lovely byproducts of PA and the P. Because life

isn't complete with just swollen joints, achy fingers and depression. You must

itch like crazy on top of it.

<quirkygirl98815@...> wrote:

Does pa cause itching?

[Guest guest]

---When I asked the question about itching, I guess I wasn't specific

enought. I didn't mean the patches of psorisis, I meant generalized

itching. I get itching over most of my body, but mainly on my arms

and legs that will last for a couple of days at a time. I can't see

anything on the skin, I just itch. It makes since to me what was said

about inflammation going on inside the body. That would cause you to

itch even though there isn't anything on the skin to be seen. I do

have patches of psorisis on my scalp, face, behind my ears and neck.

Sorry I was confusing. Susie

In , orinok@a... wrote:

>

> It is astonishing to me that any doctor could say that psoriasis

doesnt itch.

> The word psoriasis itself is a latin word. The first half psora

means to

> itch so the word itself tells you that the first person to make a

clinical

> definition of psoriasis recognised that was a hallmark symptom of

psoriasis.

> Beyond that who ( " in the " had to edit my own post) did that

doctor ask " does it itch? " I have to

> suspect that the doctors who say it doesnt itch do so as a

psychological excercize

> to keep you from scratching which can worsen psoriasis through the

Koebner

> phenomena. Orin

>

>

> In a message dated 2/8/05 11:39:17 AM Central Standard Time,

> misty_tenor@y... writes:

> Absolutely, iritrievably, most definetely, YES!

>

> Haha, yup, thats one of the lovely byproducts of PA and the P.

Because life

> isn't complete with just swollen joints, achy fingers and

depression. You must

> itch like crazy on top of it.

>

> <quirkygirl98815@h...> wrote:

>

>

> Does pa cause itching?

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Orin,

In the Home Edition of the Merck Manual it states that psorasis does not itch.

When I told my PCP he said, " Yeah, he's read it in a lot of medical books. "

But, he hasn't met one patient with psorasis that does itch, scratch,

complain.....

Sandy

[Guest guest]

Hi Susie,

I get this too...I have always just thought it was from having sensitive

skin, never really thought of it as linked to the psoriasis...a good soak in an

oatmeal bath or sea salts usually helps calm it down for me.