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Sewere itching problems

by cherry786, Apr 01, 2008 01:31PM
I have one daughter and she just turned 23 years old.her itching problems is ruining our lifes, she works during the day time in office, and suffer with itching during the day time , which is quit embracing, but during the night it gets worse between her toes, legs arms and on her tummy, and she can not sleep all night
she had all the tests done , as she is already with private medical care group. Please help us , as we all feel helpless by not bing able to help my daughter.
Please help

Mother      


This discussion is related to Severe itching with sleep problems.
Member Comments (2)

by BhumikaMD, Apr 01, 2008 01:46PM
Hi,

Has anyone in your family had scabies?
Is she allergic to any substances?
Has any other family member demonstrated similar symptoms and signs?

The method of presentation indicates that this could be due to Scabies.

Scabies is a contiguous disease caused by the mite which spreads on close contact with a infected person or through use of infected materials such as inner-wear or linen.

You must go to the doctor who can provide you with a definite diagnosis and treatment. Meanwhile, give her some OTC anti-allerics to help her cope with the itching. Wash all linen and innerwear and items of personal nature in warm water and dry them out completely in the sun. She may also keep her skin moist and healthy by using moistureizers.

Keep us posted on your health.

Best regards

Let us know what the doctor says

by cherry786, Apr 15, 2008 06:23PM
To: Bhumika MD
Thank you very much for your reply I really appreciate it, but I am really sorry to reply you after a long time, my daughter is going to a specialist in Dermatology, and he has done lots of test, and they are all normal, except she is showing some iron deficiency, and she has started to take iron tablets as well, doctor has also given her strongest allergy tablets, the side effect of these tablets are that she can have hair on her face , which is frightning, but her itching is going worse and worse , specially at night she can not sleep well, we are all very concern about her, please any one out there help us , so my daughter can get batter soon.
Doctors also said that she has not got Scabies, and any way its contagious and I did not catch from her yet, in fact no one in the family has this problem.

Kind Regards

Please help ,as it seems this itching is ruining our  lives as my daughter feels very very upset  about the whole situation.she says she has no desire to live any more, if its carry on going like this.

I will be great full if some one had any good experience, then plz keep us informed..........
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