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« on: August 05, 2008, 04:54:02 AM »
For the first time today im really itchy and i recollect its a sign of something  ???? Can someone remind me what it is and whats causing it , i just cant remember but right now i feel like im covered in itching powder!!
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OH NO!!! I have Furniture Disease as well ! My chest has dropped into my drawers !
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« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2008, 05:13:19 AM »
High phosphorus can cause itching
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« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2008, 05:16:39 AM »
Have you been taking your binders?? If not high phos will kick in.   :puke;
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« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2008, 08:48:37 AM »
Yes it is high phosphate. Just lately it's been kicking in on me but in one place..... the most embarrasing place....
....my gonads! If we are in company I have to leave the room for a good scratch.  :banghead;
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« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2008, 09:04:10 AM »
Also, 25% of all intense itching in dialysis patients cannot be explained by high phosphorous levels.  While on dialysis, I was always complaining of extreme itchiness, in response to which the nurses would look at the phosphate level,  find it normal, and wonder what was going on.  I finally researched the topic and discovered that the sensation I was having could be idopathic -- i.e., otherwise unexplained in dialysis patients.
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« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2008, 11:34:30 AM »
Thanks guys , its not usually something i suffer from !
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« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2008, 12:54:43 PM »
I calmed a lot of my itchiness down by switching to dove soap.  It really helps.
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« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2008, 01:00:16 PM »
KITKATZ ..i dont know if your Dove soap is the same as ours ? strangely enough its one soap i cant use because it MAKES me itch !!!
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« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2008, 01:02:28 PM »
OOOOPSY!   Sorry it does not work for you.
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« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2008, 03:47:35 PM »
There is an Aveeno product with oatmeal that is very good for itching.
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« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2008, 11:36:31 AM »
for what little this might be worth...  I too have intense itchiness.  It drives me insane.  I asked a friend who's had three transplants and he told me he had the same problem.  When he was little, his family called him Cricket because he was alway rubbing his legs together!  Boy do I know what that's like!  For a while I had open sores from scratching my skin so much. 

My solution is to take Benedryl (or the generic substitute).  I take three 25 mg tabs at night and that spares me enough so that I can sleep. 

I suspect it's from the build up of toxins in my blood, getting trapped in the capillaries because it's mostly in my lower legs, hands, and feet.

-Devon
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« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2008, 01:28:16 PM »
You may want to try and get some sun.
I have friends who have found some relief after they regularly went to the beach or used a UV lamp at home.

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