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Grover's Disease: What works to help find relief?

Skin Health | Last Active: Nov 4 2:57pm | Replies (2012)

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Now I am wondering. I don't feel any sensation with respect to something crawling on my skin, but the itching is worse at night. Going to try the clove oil to see if there is any effect. To anybody out there who chokes down the cilantro smoothies as I did for months, the secret to making them palatable is fruit, honey, and bananas. For some reason the bananas really mask the cilantro flavor. Also, and this is important, run your blender on high until the cilantro is almost invisible. I also use plain, unflavored yogurt at times. After making the smoothies this way, they are almost enjoyable !! Thanks Babbs for your incredibly informative posts. They are really helpful.

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I have been drinking frozen fruit/non-fat Greek yogurt, vanilla protein powder smoothies for years, so cilantro (and I also add kale) were easy to add to my diet. I also put my other supplements in it since I can't swallow pills. The tartness of the frozen fruit including pineapple, mixed berries and sometime, mangoes totally masks the taste of anything else. great way to start the day!

Could be the mite issue some are mentioning but if you research on the internet you will read that our histamine levels are dramatically higher at night. Also when we lay in bed we are not distracted so we notice our skin sensations more. I not only have GD but 2 other forms of eczema and when symptomatic all forms were worse at night. Right now symptom free of all 3 types I have no itching at night. I do find the areas where GD outbreaks have been do itch if I get sweaty. So once I get inside I shower and the itch and burn subsides. Maybe the salt in sweat affects our GD weakened skin barriers?

I tried to edit and add to my post, but somehow, it didn't happen. I just want to warn you that the improvement with using clove oil was not a straight line. If you do have demotex mites, when they die, they release a lot of irritants into your skin that causes you to look and feel worse. That happens before you are better, and when it happened to me, I had to use my anti-itch stuff (Bengay, in my case) until it got better again. It has taken two weeks until I am finally responding more consistently with less symptoms. However there are still new "outcroppings" that I have to zap with clove oil as soon as I detect them, and I'm still using full strength clove oil on my back and more active areas. I am certain I will have to be vigilant for at least two months. On the plus side, I brought my car in for repairs today and the account person came running out to me and asked me why my car smells so yummy. Without going into the gross particulars, I explained I was drenched in clove oil, so it smells like Christmas in my car, LOL.