itchy skin

[bronners]

can anyone reccommend a cream or ointment for itchy skin,apart from e45.many thanks i advance.

[poohshunny]

I occasionaly get dry itchy patches behind my knees and the inside of my elbows, a bit like eczema. I find that the Body Shop Hemp cream really helps. Do you think that the itchy skin could be an alergy to something? If so, an ati-histamine may help reduce the itchiness.

[puzzled54]

Homeopathic calendula cream is very soothing

[Velvetee]

Oilatum. It's similar to E45 and can be used in the bath.

[WhiteBear]

try Oilatum, they are quite good :) bit pricey though, get ya gp/nurse to prescribe u a 500ml bottle :) x

[sandbach99]

My husband used to scratch his legs until they bled, he tried loads of creams and tablets, then I heard that Aspartame was bad for you.

We checked all labels and he omitted it from his diet, within 48 hours he noticed a difference. Even now if he has some by mistake the itching starts again.

Aspartame is an artificial sweetener, it does have an E number as well as other names, Google there is an American site which shows it can cause just about every illness known to man, but it does give facts and stories about people.

Try omitting it for 2-3 days if no different go to the doctors.

[lajohn]

very interesting sandbach99. thank for sharing your husband's experience. i find it to be valuable information and sets me thinking more than usual.

[bronners]

thanks for all your answers,the wife is off to docs tomorrow and is going to see about the oilatum.will also look into the aspartame thing too sandbach.thanks again everyone.

[ethandron]

if your wife is of menopausal age, then itchy, crawly skin is one of the recognised symptoms. unfortunately, as it's coming from inside and not a rash on the outside, there's not an awful lot which can be done about it, but she may want to mention it to the doctor.
i too found the connection with aspartame very interesting. you don't half learn a lot here on the good old answerbank don't you?

[krollonskye]

Hi Bronners, having suffered same for many years and tried everything known to man I am now on my 4th bottle of Eucerin 10% Urea lotion - the relief is amazing AND my use of Betnovate is down to almost zero - (having used a 100g tube every 3 months prior to Eucerin). I can't say that Eucerin will work for long as my skin seems to get used to whatever I'm using after a while and then I need to try something else, but it's definately worth a try.NB I think there is lanolin inE45 - best avoided - other similar creams without lanolin are Diprobase and Doublebase

[beanebabe]

I had several trips to the doctors and was prescribed antihistamines and all it turned out to be was dry skin! Eucerin is brilliant but very expensive. Recentrly I have been using Neutrogena Nourishing Body Emulsion. It is a bit claggy, but it stops the itching!

[krollonskye]

Beanebabe - Eucerin - I bought my 1st bottle �14 ish and then got the others on prescription (prepaid of course)

[sandbach99]

I was warned about Aspartame at a NHS meeting I attended.

It was very hard to find how my husband took Aspartame as it is found in diet type foods which we don't eat, we found it in tonic water that he drunk with Gin. He didn't drink that much each night but it must have built up.

On the American web-site it also said that Aspartame helps to keep weight on and people loose weight when they stop taking it.

[Ice.Maiden]

I doubt if aspartame'd cause itching sandbach - it'd more likely to be other chemicals or additives that are in whatever your husband was eating or drinking, but aspartame is banned in some places. You find it in diet drinks, as it's 400 times sweeter than sugar, so obviously goes further and doesn't add the calories. However, it contains a cancer-inducing agent as a by-product, and is used in embalming fluid! Stay away from it.

[lajohn]

Ice.Maiden if it's 400 times sweeter than
sugar why isn't the calorific value higher?

[Ice.Maiden]

It doesn't have the calorific value of sugar lajohn, because it's an artificial sweetener. That's why it's put into many drinks and foodstuff, but you'd be better off gaining the weight from the sugar, than risking the sire side effects of consuming aspartame.

[lajohn]

yer but 400 time sweeter and still low in calories.
i understand what you sad but yet i don't understand.
i guess i would have to get into the chemical
composition of it. thanks for replying.

[Ice.Maiden]

Maybe this'll help - although it it doesn't give you the full facts.

http://ask.yahoo.com/20010511.html