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« on: September 11, 2006, 03:49:57 AM » |
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Does anyone else get really itchy skin over the fistula? Mine is driving me nuts!
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Epoman
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« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2006, 03:58:01 AM » |
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Does anyone else get really itchy skin over the fistula? Mine is driving me nuts!
Oh yeah, sometimes it itches really bad. I usually put lotion, because I think my problem is that the skin gets dried out from all the betadine and alcohol I use. Sometimes it feels like it is itchy from the inside.  |
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« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2006, 04:03:13 AM » |
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Im allergic to most tapes, which I know is the cause of the itchyness, but no one else seems to complain about it. I sometimes scratch the skin until it bleeds. Only thing that slightly helps is removing tape after Dx, having a shower and washing all the sticky off, and putting on some parrafin cream. I wish there was such a thing as itch free tape!
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tamara
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« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2006, 04:20:57 AM » |
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Does anyone else get really itchy skin over the fistula? Mine is driving me nuts!
Oh yeah, sometimes it itches really bad. I usually put lotion, because I think my problem is that the skin gets dried out from all the betadine and alcohol I use. Sometimes it feels like it is itchy from the inside.
Thats like mine itchy on the inside! Sometimes I feel like i wish I could rip it apart.  |
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« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2006, 08:01:14 AM » |
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I feel your pain. I also seem to react to any plaster or tape they try use after Dx and it has caused a dry red patch that becomes even more sensitive.
I try to just hold gauze over my exit site until I stop bleeding, but my nurses are not comfortable with me walking out without it being taped up.
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« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2006, 04:55:10 PM » |
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I dont like not putting anything on it after Dx as I do get a bit of ooze after its stopped bleeding. It can start bleeding again so I feel safe putting something on it. I usually leave it on most of the day and take it off before bed. Im a bit slack with putting cream on it though.
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« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2006, 01:18:44 AM » |
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Yep, mine also itches on the inside sometime. Ill show who ever is putting the needles in, where the itch is, thats about the only time I look forward to the needles.
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« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2006, 04:28:40 AM » |
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Ya I think it is from the Chlorhexidine they use on my arm (or something in a bottle). My skin is getting dryer and dryer and only there. I have been putting cream on it lately but man .. sometimes I just want to keep scratching and scratching!!!  |
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« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2006, 06:41:12 PM » |
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Im allergic to most tapes, which I know is the cause of the itchyness, but no one else seems to complain about it.
I have to use YukiBan because of allergy to the normal white stuff. Just to confuse everyone, they've now changed the color of Yuki' from 'flesh' to white. I also get the 'inside' itching. ....I just stopped typing....to scratch around the fistula!!!  |
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« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2006, 02:14:45 AM » |
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could the "inside itching" be because of reattaching nerves? Or is it high phosphate?
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« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2006, 03:26:30 AM » |
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Thanks Bear,
I'm going to see if I can get some of the YukiBan stuff as I seem to be allergic to most plasters and tape.
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« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2006, 03:50:39 AM » |
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Im allergic to most tapes, which I know is the cause of the itchyness, but no one else seems to complain about it.
I have to use YukiBan because of allergy to the normal white stuff. Just to confuse everyone, they've now changed
the color of Yuki' from 'flesh' to white. I also get the 'inside' itching.
....I just stopped typing....to scratch around the fistula!!!
I use yukiban too, it is better than other tapes, but it still make me itch like crazy. I panicked when I got sent a white box of yukiban, as it looks just like micropore. I didnt touch it until I could confirm it was the same yukiban tape, just a different colour. Apparently any changes in products are supposed to be made known to the Dx unit, but they never are! |
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tamara
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« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2006, 04:01:04 AM » |
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could the "inside itching" be because of reattaching nerves? Or is it high phosphate?
Well i dont think its high phosphate because the only place I am itchy is inside near the fistula no where else |
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« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2006, 06:20:05 AM » |
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could the "inside itching" be because of reattaching nerves? Or is it high phosphate?
Well i dont think its high phosphate because the only place I am itchy is inside near the fistula no where else
Ah yes. So have I been lately. Seems my arm is getting dryer and dryer .. so I do think it is the chlorhexidine in my case (or what ever they use on my arm). What ever it is really has been turning my skin dry and I have to be careful not to scratch off the scabs |
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