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Title: Started itching Tuesday
Post by: racko on October 24, 2015, 09:17:20 AM
does it ever go away?
Title: Re: Started itching Tuesday
Post by: cassandra on October 24, 2015, 03:37:12 PM
It's probably your phosphates being high, you could ask for phosphate binders, and reduce your intake of phosphate rich foods (like cheese, nuts, meat milk         :angel; )

Love, Cas
Title: Re: Started itching Tuesday
Post by: Rerun on October 25, 2015, 05:10:56 PM
Yes... what Cass said.

               :flower;
Title: Re: Started itching Tuesday
Post by: smcd23 on October 30, 2015, 05:42:31 PM
How is your PTH? My husband got itchy when his PTH was out of whack because it caused everything else (calcium, phosphorus) to go out of whack too.
Title: Re: Started itching Tuesday
Post by: kitkatz on November 23, 2015, 09:46:42 PM
I notice I itch if they are not rinsing the dialyzer really well.
Title: Re: Started itching Tuesday
Post by: PrimeTimer on November 24, 2015, 10:32:40 AM
I notice I itch if they are not rinsing the dialyzer really well.
Are you talking about a "pre treatment" rinse when they prime the machine or rinsing the dialyzer in-between uses..?? I don't understand.
Title: Re: Started itching Tuesday
Post by: Alex C. on November 24, 2015, 02:33:21 PM
Itching gets worse in the colder months. You could try one of those eczema itch cremes that go for about $10 at the drugstores.
Title: Re: Started itching Tuesday
Post by: kitkatz on November 25, 2015, 11:10:31 PM
I notice I itch if they are not rinsing the dialyzer really well.
Are you talking about a "pre treatment" rinse when they prime the machine or rinsing the dialyzer in-between uses..?? I don't understand.


The pre treatment rinses to get the chemicals out of it.
I do not use reuse.  Allergic to renalyn.
Title: Re: Started itching Tuesday
Post by: Michael Murphy on November 26, 2015, 03:23:04 AM
The first 6 months I was on dialysis I was in toment from the itching on my fistula arm.  It was constant,they kept looking at my blood work and making diet changes.  I had a scheduled Dermatoligist visit and he looked at my arm and said two words contact  dermatitis. It turned out I was allergic to something being used on my arm.  They stopped using bedadyne and I bought my own tape and it got better very quickly.
Title: Re: Started itching Tuesday
Post by: PrimeTimer on November 26, 2015, 09:38:33 PM
I notice I itch if they are not rinsing the dialyzer really well.
Are you talking about a "pre treatment" rinse when they prime the machine or rinsing the dialyzer in-between uses..?? I don't understand.


The pre treatment rinses to get the chemicals out of it.
I do not use reuse.  Allergic to renalyn.

Thanks for answering, kitkatz! I learn something new here every day! 
Title: Re: Started itching Tuesday
Post by: Bungarian on November 27, 2015, 06:45:15 AM
I am allergic to the tape and it itches every time. They tried every type of tape they had including the non allergic type and it still itches. I clean my arm with alcohol after removing the tape and it goes away.

Sometimes I get a rash and have to put a cream on it. I cannot remember the name of the cream.
Title: Re: Started itching Tuesday
Post by: kitkatz on November 27, 2015, 02:07:01 PM
I have to use the non-allergenic tape on my arm. By after a night of sweating that tape wears to me like iron.  I have tape "crap" on my arm constantly.
I literally have to take Purell to my arm and wipe it down to get the tape residue off of me.