hello
I have uncontrollable itching on my arms and back.
I scrub my back with one of those scrunchy things in the shower, I use all my willpower not to scratch my arms.
I’m nuts enough without this.
help/advice will be gratefully accepted.
My scalp always itches too, I don’t have lice!
The path of the itching always follows the same route, makes me wonder it is a nerve pathway.
Arggh!
Carole x
Probably a bit too obvious, but if you have a rash it could be hives. If so, an anti histamine should do the trick.
I get this all the time, mines my head, neck and arm, always the same, everyday, drives me mad and I’ve no rash.
Jean x
Mines just (just!!) my scalp, I try not to itch as it only makes things worse, I press down with my palms helps a little. I’m worse when I’m warm.
Jan x
thank you all for your replies,
Hope we all manage not to scratch!
There’s some emollient wash which I get on prescription from my GP - Dermol. It comes as a shower wash, bath wash, body lotion, whatever you need. I get the shower wash and use that on my back - it helps. I also prefer my old towels that have been hung outside to dry, then they’re super scratchy for the back itch. (Why we have a tumble dryer I don’t know! I refuse to put most of my clothes in there in case of shrinkage!) I’ve also got a long scratchy wash cloth thing, can’t remember what the stuff’s called that it’s made of (like those round scratchy balls to use in bath/shower).
Or maybe your cat’s got fleas!! Oh, I forgot, you don’t have a cat! Maybe you have fleas?
Sue (QB)
Hmm. QB… wonder what that stands for…
I’m probably being obvious here but, could it be a side effect of any medication,new or old?
Hi Poppy6488, I only take Baclofen and have for about 14yrs and this has only started in the last couple of years, so I would say no for me.
Jean x
I’ve often thought medication could be the cause, however coming off it could be worse. I’m in the process of coming off Gabapentin but will be replacing it with something else so I doubt I’ll have enough time to say if the itching stops.
Jan x
Hi, I have the itching or rather it seems like the biting. My GP and specialist nurse both gave a big gaffaw when I said I could cope with lots of things but the itching was driving me crackers! Yep, they yelped, messages trying to get through and can’t. Brill! So, I keep super clean sheets washed in a smidgen of cleaner, soft clothes, no scratchy things, shower normally then in aqueous sorry can’t spell this evening. Before that I can sometimes have to soak my feet and legs in hot water to make them feel, then I rub them with some coconut salts that a friend bought for me, rub with a hard flannel, then oil and put in socks. I have a lotion for my head and deep moisturiser for my skin. Goodness knows if it makes any difference but I feel that it does. If none of the above have helped, I take an antihistemine just in case. All of this usually takes the edge off. When in doubt and it wakes me up at 2 a.m. I tend to swear a lot which also takes the edge off!
I have the itching mines on my scalp and neck mostly and i get hives with it too it drives me mad i sometimes take antihistamines and it does help for a while.I hate it.
hebeyellow
I swear a lot too.
It’s cheap, effective and eco friendly.
I never (hardly ever) swear at a person, usually inanimate objects that won’t stay where they belong.
usually cutlery that jumps out of the draining rack and makes me have to bend down (cautiously because my low blood pressure makes me faint) to pick them up. Those objects that get up for a wander, having me crazy searching, then decide to wander back.
I swear at politicians on the telly, but who doesn’t?
I’m scratching my head right now!
Carole xx
Interesting.
I get itchy episodes. Right at the bottom of my back. Want to scratch but that makes it worse.
Always thought it was something I’d eaten. Maybe not.
Thanks
Jen