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What do you do for Neuropathy itch?
Good morning everyone. I am desperately in need of help with what is called Neuropathy itch. I have SFN (small fiber neuropathy) and am a medical cannabis user for pain. I don't know what to use for this itching. It appears that it reaches through several skin layers. No matter how much you scratch you make it worse, not better. Once you start itching, it's over....your are stuck scratching.
Have you tried certain baths? Oatmeal? I have a steroid cream called Triamcinolone Acetonide. Not exactly a wonder drug. Is there a better one?
The itching results in a terrible level of anxiety. I try to run away from it and cannot. It reminds me of summer in Minnesota when the mosquitoes launch their attacks. I am female with "O" negative blood which they just devour.
Even if you have a solution for other than neuropathy, please share and I will happily do the research. The stress of isolated living and a form of depression that is about our global community also creeps in.
The only thing that works right now for food is gelato.......Salted caramel, if you please. I hope you are all well and blessed with good health today.
Chris
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I’ve had luck with an amazing cream called Dermeleve Cream. It is amazing!
You can order on website at Dermeleve.com or Amazon. Good luck I also have the same issue. There is also a medication called Naltrexone that helps.
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I use an amazing cream called Dermeleve Cream. For me it works amazingly well. You can order on website at Dermeleve.com or Amazon. I have itching 24/7 head to toe an this cream is wonderful.
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1 ReactionMine started on my scalp. Now it’s spread to my ears, my neck, my upper back and my right upper arm. Now I have scabs and bloody open sores on my back and my scalp is so sore when it isn’t itching.
After many visits and even biopsies from two different dermatologists. Nothing worked. Liquid cortisone gave me about an hour’s relief, but other than that, nothing helps.
I have several spinal stenosis, mostly cervical and the worst of which is severe at C5/C6. I’ve been convinced since soon after this whole thing started that the compression on the nerves due to stenosis were responsible. I was right.
Yesterday I found a professional paper verifying what I found. I have a new and so far wonderful PCP. I sent him the article not really expecting a busy internist to read it, let alone nearly immediately, but he did.
And he agreed and offered to prescribe Gabapentin. I told him to hold off because I have an appointment with a neurologist at the end of the month.
It’s taken a year of crazy-making miserable itching to figure this out, but now I know that I’m on the right track.
I’m not sure if I can do it, but if you want to read the academic paper I’ll try to link it here.
@absoloodle Yes please I would love to read and copy the article to show my doctors. However I have peripheral neuropathy, so I’m not sure this will help but would like to try. Thank you in advance.
PreGabalin works for me.
@smalltown Dermeleve cream has helped me. You can order from Dermeleve.com or Amazon.
@artscaping just a thought: could it be a food allergy/sensitivity? My daughter who has severe allergies also suffers from itching. In recent years she has been taking Xolair injections once a month which have helped with her itching as well as enabled her to eat coconut and almonds - two items previously on her log allergies list. She still carries two EpiPens with her but that monthly injection has really helped with her itching as well.
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Do you cover your entire body everyday?