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<blockquote data-quote="PNJB" data-source="post: 1457858" data-attributes="member: 192790"><p><span style="color: #0000b3"><strong>Advice needed please from anyone with the following problem. Whilst the rest of me is doing nicely, my legs (which I believe show signs of Necrobiosis Lapoidica, have become particularly "itchy" from the ankles to the knees, I am resisting scratching as, if the skin breaks, it is very painful., yet it so hard NOT to scratch. There is no discharge nor obvious signs of anything being wrong. I sought advice from my Chemist who reccomended Calamine Lotion, instead of the E45 I had been using (both to little benefit) He has suggested using porrige oats in a sock with water to coat it to try to reduce the irritant. If anyone else out there suffers similarly, I would love to hear your solution as it is driving me crazy. It has been happening over the last 2 weeks and was never a problem before, even with oedema, which has now gone.</strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PNJB, post: 1457858, member: 192790"] [COLOR=#0000b3][B]Advice needed please from anyone with the following problem. Whilst the rest of me is doing nicely, my legs (which I believe show signs of Necrobiosis Lapoidica, have become particularly "itchy" from the ankles to the knees, I am resisting scratching as, if the skin breaks, it is very painful., yet it so hard NOT to scratch. There is no discharge nor obvious signs of anything being wrong. I sought advice from my Chemist who reccomended Calamine Lotion, instead of the E45 I had been using (both to little benefit) He has suggested using porrige oats in a sock with water to coat it to try to reduce the irritant. If anyone else out there suffers similarly, I would love to hear your solution as it is driving me crazy. It has been happening over the last 2 weeks and was never a problem before, even with oedema, which has now gone.[/B][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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