Itchy feet

[Sarah69]

Hi, I’m asking on behalf of my mum. She has really itchy feet at the moment none of the creams she has helps, prescribed or otherwise. Does anybody have any creams they could recommend? She is quite any itchy person and can sometimes scratch too much which will bruise and cut her skin. Thanks

 

[bulkbiker]

Do you think it's something like athlete's foot or diabetes.
Obviously the treatments will be different..

 

[Sarah69]

It’s not athletes foot but she is diabetic. She has times like this quite often when she gets very very itchy skin sometimes all over but at the moment it’s just her feet.

 

[LittleGreyCat]

Hi, I’m asking on behalf of my mum. She has really itchy feet at the moment none of the creams she has helps, prescribed or otherwise. Does anybody have any creams they could recommend? She is quite any itchy person and can sometimes scratch too much which will bruise and cut her skin. Thanks

Itchy skin allegedly can be caused by fungus enjoying high BG levels for lunch.

However I have suffered from itchy skin and more or less tracked it down to the shower gel I was using.
I think it may have been drying the skin out.
I have also used Aveeno https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00402E942/ on my skin which did help a lot.
Other suppliers are available.

I now wash with soap https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00BMR071W/ which seems to have cured the problem. Again other suppliers are available.

 

[Sarah69]

Thanks, my mum doesn’t have high blood sugar. I’m not sure what she uses in the shower but I would have thought if it was that she’d be itching everywhere. Unfortunately she’s tried Aveeno and also an Aveeno for itchy skin neither help!

 

[bulkbiker]

Thanks, my mum doesn’t have high blood sugar. I’m not sure what she uses in the shower but I would have thought if it was that she’d be itching everywhere. Unfortunately she’s tried Aveeno and also an Aveeno for itchy skin neither help!

What do you define as "high blood sugar" though?

 

[Riva_Roxaban]

Does anybody have any creams they could recommend? S

I was given a couple of pots of Epaderm ointment last year when I was in hospital. It helped stop the itching around my ankles.

You can get it from Amazon UK and it comes in several size containers...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Epaderm-15...d6b16&pd_rd_wg=dNbF9&pd_rd_i=B001I9MZXC&psc=1

 

[Sarah69]

What do you define as "high blood sugar" though?

Her readings are in the fives mainly so I don’t class that as a high blood sugar. What had that got to do with her having itching feet?

 

[Mike d]

Nigh on a week ago, you said you were about to visit and establish what the last HBA1c numbers were for both your parents given issues with leg ulcers .....

What happened with that investigation?

 

[Sarah69]

Nigh on a week ago, you said you were about to visit and establish what the last HBA1c numbers were for both your parents given issues with leg ulcers .....

What happened with that investigation?

Neither can remember when they last had their hba1c done..

 

[Mike d]

So on their behalf, you can't ask for the numbers?

 

[Sarah69]

So on their behalf, you can't ask for the numbers?

When they check their blood sugar during the day they both get between 5-7. There’s nothing else I can tell you. This post was about my mums itchy feet.

 

[bulkbiker]

When they check their blood sugar during the day they both get between 5-7. There’s nothing else I can tell you. This post was about my mums itchy feet.

Which can be a result of elevated blood sugars.. so now we know it's not..thanks.

So is the skin dry? Maybe she needs to visit the doc or a dermatologist?

 

[Sarah69]

Which can be a result of elevated blood sugars.. so now we know it's not..thanks.

So is the skin dry? Maybe she needs to visit the doc or a dermatologist?

She’s been to both and still nothing seems to work for her.