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Need help regarding all severe over body itch

Posted by cblack385 @cblack385, Jan 26, 2022

Hi, A relative has had an all over body itch for 9 months. 2 CT scans, 2 biopsy’s, blood analysis etc later and no answers have been given. This 81 year lady is at the end of all she can bear. Any advice and help would be appreciated. She has been given numerous Antihistamines, steroid creams etc. and nothing has worked.

Please please help.

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Chris Trout, Volunteer Mentor | @artscaping | Jan 27, 2022
In reply to @moylandavis "Hi, I have written about my itch problems here before...I belong to a Facebook group for..." + (show)
@moylandavis

Hi, I have written about my itch problems here before...I belong to a Facebook group for one of my itch problems and someone there discovered that when she took her pre workout supplement, her itch went away...she isolated it to and OTC supplement called Beta Alanine. My itch issues are connected to an auto immune issues and a Mast Cell issue. I have been taking Beta Alanine now for about 5 years and IT KILLS THE ITCH...There are over 4,000 people on this FB page and 85% ish of the group find it helps considerably.

It might be worth a try. I buy on Amazon and take 750 mg as needed...the supplement is usually taken by athletes and they dose much higher, so keep the dose lower then the label says, otherwise it could cause tingling on the skin. It is cheap.

Two Stanford pediatricians found this information on Mayo Connect, used it on a patient and it worked...they published a paper about a year ago.

I hope it works for her...

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Hi there.....welcome back. Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences. I remember your contributions about Beta-Alanine. Would it be possible for you to share the link to the published paper by the Stanford pediatricians? Was the patient a child?

May you be mentally healthy.
May you be physically healthy.

Chris

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moylandavis | @moylandavis | Jan 27, 2022

Here is what I posted in December...I do not have access to Wiley.

moylandavis | @moylandavis | Dec 12, 2021
In reply to @frjohn "First, Google returns many results addressing an itch or tingle CAUSED by Beta Alinine. Have you..." + (show)
Here is the link…under treatment they added b-alanine back in February of this year. (2021)
https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/10278/aquagenic-pruritus#ref_15975
Here is a link to the Stanford paper
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/pde.14440
I take 750 mg every 4 hours as needed. I use the capsules but you can buy in powder and play with dosing. The info on the bottles is for pre workout dosing which is much higher then I need for my itch…T high doses most people feel a strange tingling, so it is recommended to start with low dose.

Before showering, I take1500 mg and if taken on an empty stomach, I get the tingling feeling…so I try not to take on and empty stomach.

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