RuthH
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Hi Everyone!!! I have a little advice I have found helpful when I went through the "itchy skin" thing. My skin would itch so badly on my legs & arms that I would rub and/or scratch until I had awful bruises. My skin itched so badly it hurt!! One day, out of desperation, I tried this & it worked great. Now every time I have an itch, not Lyme related because that's gone now, I get my bottle out. What I have found so very helpful is Sooth-A-Caine by Banana Boat. It's a gel used for sunburn pain; the active ingredient is Lidocaine which is a topical anesthesia. You don't have to get that particular brand; any product with a topical anesthesia should work the same. The gel for sunburns is Aloe, so it rubs in, leaves no color & has next to no odor. My previous LLMD suggested a sports cream with pepper in it. Well that worked fine, while I was awake, but if I had to have it on & go to bed, then my skin burned & would wake me up "if" I was able to fall asleep!! For those of you who have burning skin, you might give this a try; couldn't hurt!! The topical anesthesia would numb the skin & might help with the burning too; I don't know because I've never had the burning. Just a thought, Ruth |
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