DD(6) crying because her legs itch.

[TheChocolateTrain]

DD is 6. We're going on a hike today. She is not amused. At the station she suddenly started complaining her foot itched. By the time we were on the train it was the backs of her legs, ankles to knee and she was in tears about it, trying to rub it on the seat and scratch.

We've changed socks. I've put arnica cream on her. The skin looks slightly dry, but no redness, no sign of bites. She is crying to go home which is rather convenient

What could it be?

Dunno, but DD suffered something similar a who,e ago (in bed though)

Piriton sorted it... can you get any?

*while ago

She could be trying to get out of the walk by saying her legs are itchy. Tell her walking will help.

I already did that told her walking would help circulation which would stop the itch.

She seemed too realistic to be just acting...

Hmm, strange it was her lower legs and feet that itched, what you use for walking...

See if its still there after the walk.

If she stops scratching it should stop being so terrible. I have eczema and if I can muster enough willpower not to scratch then it helps immensely.

An ice pack might help?

Tell her she gets a treat at the other side of the walk. I wonder if the itch will magically disappear

Is it cold?

I've had unbearably itchy legs since as long as I can remember - particularly bad with temperature changes, for example September/October before the heating comes on. Getting out of the shower is agony.

Best thing I've found is to warm my legs - e.g. under a duvet or with a hairdryer. Not helpful on a hike I know!

TBH on a serious note, as the above poster, when I'm cold I get incredibly itchy too. It's horrid

Is she wearing wool socks? I find wool makes me itch like crazy.

Nettles?

Could she have restless legs but describing them as itchy?

I hope it’s just hike-itis 😉

However this incessant itching at he back of her legs and feet was how my daughters (horrific case of ) hand foot and mouth started. Two days later her feet, hands and mouth were covered in the blisters.
Are there cases of it near you?

I don't think so, and she has already had it. It does seem to have been forgotten- she has other things to complain about

When I was young activity like cycling or walking could sometimes (weirdly not always ) make the insides of my elebows ,backs of knees and lower legs itch so much that I would feel sick .

I think it was related to heat/cold and circulation .

Sounds like a severe case of hypochondria! (My dad once wrote that on a 'sick note' for me when I was a teenager...he was a teacher and knew my form teacher so it was a bit of a joke.)

Ok, so she was fine until we got into the bus to come home. As soon as she sat down, it started again

I think it must be a circulation thing - I actually get it too. I noticed it today when I got home and took my boots off. I'm so used to it, I usually ignore it.

I get itchy legs when my blood sugar is high. Is she otherwise ok?

Also, I echo the people who get itchy when it's cold. If I've lapsed in exercising, and then start walking or running in chilly air - OMFG I want to claw my skin off for a couple of days. I remember googling and it's a thing. It takes a while for the capilleries to adjust to the new rate of blood flow.

Nettles?

No, nowhere near nettles. In the morning, clean clothes, walk to bus, walk to train (did have to wait 20 minutes on platform).

It wasn't particularly chilly - around 13 this morning when we left and about 24 degrees when we caught the bus home.

Seems otherwise ok. DS has a cold though. She said that she gets it sometimes at night but it goes away when she sleeps. She has never mentioned this to me or DH (I checked when we got home) before!

Shower gel gives me itchy arms and legs

Added to that, I have never seen her try to scratch or be tormented like she was today.

Has she got mouth ulcers? Could be hand foot and mouth.

I have idiopathic cold urticaria and get it when it's cold outside (or cool actually, usually around 13 degrees is the worst) but I'm warm/exercising. I want to claw off my skin it's so uncomfortable. If it is that, itching makes it much worse. Ignoring it is best.