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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ryhia" data-source="post: 2331002" data-attributes="member: 503862"><p>I too have issues with itching skin.  I've had it on and off for a few years now and it came on before being diagnosed with T2 but it may have started around the same time I was diagnosed with pre diabetes in 2014 which my old surgery never bothered to tell me about. I don't know if the itch may be caused by thinning skin (I'm getting older) and/or a reaction to temperature changes. Central heating now switched on for the winter and I'm itching, I also suffer from prickly heat in the summer so I can't win.   I try not to scratch but I often get itchy ankles, scalp and currently my back is causing me issues.  Interesting it was through going to the docs about the itch that I was diagnosed with T2 when the  GP I saw (new surgery) organised a blood test.   Previous docs I had seen had basically said live with it or were supposed to referring me to a dermatologist but never did.  My latest GP gave me a prescription for hydromel cream which I use as a moisturizer  but to be honest it doesn't do much good for the itch, cools my skin for a couple of minutes then the itch comes back with a vengeance.  However I did find that if I take low does anti histamine the itch will disappear for a couple of days.  The issue I have with anti histamine is I cannot take the over the counter stuff as even a quarter of a tablet causes me to be really tired all the time such that I find it difficult to function.  After trial and error I find the only anti histamines I can take is Fexofenadine which tablets are prescription only in the UK.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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