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<blockquote data-quote="TOnline" data-source="post: 2679987" data-attributes="member: 585544"><p>Thanks for the replies all.</p><p></p><p>[USER=544995]@ajbod[/USER] </p><p>All the good stuff. Rice, Pasta, Biscuits, That's rough lol.</p><p></p><p>[USER=493719]@jjraak[/USER]</p><p> I'm having one of those calmer days, I can still feel bits but compared to how the previous 2 days were, they were extremely irritating. It's not itching in one area for me it's everywhere, on my scalp, my eyes, nostrils, face, arms, torso, legs, even on the hands and feet more recently as well. Sometimes feels like a standard itch, sometimes like skin crawling or a loose hair on your skin, sometimes like pin pricks.</p><p></p><p>[USER=325281]@Nicksu[/USER] </p><p>Nobody has really looked at my skin. I went to my GP and explained my problem and she simply asked if I had any noticeable rashes on my skin to which I said no. I do get a lot of spots on my body particularly around the belly but I always put it down to being overweight, I didn't and don't have any noticeable rashes so once I told her I didn't have a rash she didn't really check, although she did briefly get me to lift my top and lay down whilst doing a check on my stomach and liver. I suggested if it was possible I could have scabies without a rash showing and I was told no by her, and a second doctor and the nurse also said Scabies shows with a rash.</p><p></p><p>Between going there in October and January I'd had 4 blood tests done which just shown the high glucose and high liver count, the Nurse said my iron levels were fine if I remember rightly. She is the last person I have seen who gave me the option of how to proceed and I chose Metformin and it's a case of see if we can drop the numbers down and whether it resolves the itching issue or else we'll have to investigate further. So I'm kinda in limbo now until I can get those numbers down and I'm not sure at which level it will need to be before it's meant to stop the itching. As I say, it's likely I've been diabetic for years, it's odd to me that this Itching symptom only started up in October.</p><p></p><p>[USER=22428]@lovinglife[/USER] I was recommended to try an Antihistamine before seeing the doctor, I was taking Fexofenodine, didn't particularly feel like it did anything amazing, I was trying all itch creams, I was putting good old Calomine Lotion on which gave me great relief when it first started but then seemed to wear off. There has been no fix so far that's for sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TOnline, post: 2679987, member: 585544"] Thanks for the replies all. [USER=544995]@ajbod[/USER] All the good stuff. Rice, Pasta, Biscuits, That's rough lol. [USER=493719]@jjraak[/USER] I'm having one of those calmer days, I can still feel bits but compared to how the previous 2 days were, they were extremely irritating. It's not itching in one area for me it's everywhere, on my scalp, my eyes, nostrils, face, arms, torso, legs, even on the hands and feet more recently as well. Sometimes feels like a standard itch, sometimes like skin crawling or a loose hair on your skin, sometimes like pin pricks. [USER=325281]@Nicksu[/USER] Nobody has really looked at my skin. I went to my GP and explained my problem and she simply asked if I had any noticeable rashes on my skin to which I said no. I do get a lot of spots on my body particularly around the belly but I always put it down to being overweight, I didn't and don't have any noticeable rashes so once I told her I didn't have a rash she didn't really check, although she did briefly get me to lift my top and lay down whilst doing a check on my stomach and liver. I suggested if it was possible I could have scabies without a rash showing and I was told no by her, and a second doctor and the nurse also said Scabies shows with a rash. Between going there in October and January I'd had 4 blood tests done which just shown the high glucose and high liver count, the Nurse said my iron levels were fine if I remember rightly. She is the last person I have seen who gave me the option of how to proceed and I chose Metformin and it's a case of see if we can drop the numbers down and whether it resolves the itching issue or else we'll have to investigate further. So I'm kinda in limbo now until I can get those numbers down and I'm not sure at which level it will need to be before it's meant to stop the itching. As I say, it's likely I've been diabetic for years, it's odd to me that this Itching symptom only started up in October. [USER=22428]@lovinglife[/USER] I was recommended to try an Antihistamine before seeing the doctor, I was taking Fexofenodine, didn't particularly feel like it did anything amazing, I was trying all itch creams, I was putting good old Calomine Lotion on which gave me great relief when it first started but then seemed to wear off. There has been no fix so far that's for sure. [/QUOTE]
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