Question:
It started when I was pregnant too and is an itch like I'm being bitten to
death by hundreds of tiny bugs, that spreads to different parts of my body
but is mostly on my torso and head. When I was pregnant, it was really bad
and drove me crazy because if I scratched myself or even just rubbed the
itchy area, I came up in big red welts like blisters where ever I touched
myself and it burned like sunburn. I sill get it and it still drives me
crazy although I don't blister as badly. I have noticed that when it
starts, my skin feels very hot and taking antihistamines seem to help a
little, as does cool showers.
Shortly after my daughter was born, I had my first course of acupuncture and
the doctor was fascinated by the reaction my body had to the needles because
where ever he stuck them in me, I came up in lumps like bee stings. He
admitted that he'd never seen anything like it or knew what it was and
basically I've never said anything to other doctors because well, I feel
that I complain of enough and it seems harmless enough, just irritating.
Anyone else get this itchy thing because it seems to have started around the
same time as my FM symptoms?
Answer:
No and i wouldn't be putting up with that !
And I note there's only one "oldie" in this thread. (ie I don't see thos
"symptom" mentioned frequently here)
I'd be looking for the cause. You can't get rid of a problem properly, until you
determine what the cause is.
If you put a list together from all those, then maybe your doctor can help you
figure it out.
http://www.medicinenet.com/Itch/article.htm
http://www.healthcentral.com/mhc/top/003217.cfm
http://www.nbdhu.on.ca/en/safewater/SwimmersItch.htm
http://www.embarrassingproblems.com/pages2/itching_a.htm
The first thing to do is stop scratching and it's explained why here
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question600.htm
