Why do you build me up, butternut baby, chestnut lentil me down? 10/10 club - all welcome!

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Well i'm good at surreptitious scratching when in public, as general groin itching is not a good look.

it's not latex allergy is it

or washing powder

can you wear clothes where you can't scratch?

is it stress related?

um, er, not my area, um, evening primrose oil?

sorry.

lol at posting pic up - like my pic of seat belt burn - we are like a long distance aliment oggling group.

Latex? Well, i hadn't considered that one - i will not wear my latex suit for a while and see if that helps. It's not washing powder as i've always used the same kind.

latex in loads of things not just condoms

like knickers its why u get it there

doesn't matter if u've always used the same because u acquire allergies through use and also the manufacturers change the formula regularly

that's why hairdressers and brickies get excema after years

Poor Boco. Maybe do as Zip suggests and try changing washing powders etc?

Looks nasty, but your tummy looks nice.

I have eaten about 8/10 I think. My satsuma mountain is somewhat depleted.

Boco, have you tried aloe vera on it?

I have what I thought for many years was excema on my elbows and someone I work with recently told me she thought it was psoriasis as she also has it.

Anyway, I asked someone in the Health Food shop if they could recommend anything and he said try aloe vera (juice).

I did start taking it but it has to be kept in the fridge so I keep forgetting, but I also use it topically (gel or liquid) and it's immensely soothing. The excema/psoriasis I have is incredibly itchy and I scratch it raw really easily, often at night and I don;t realize I'm doing it.

I would recommend even if it only soothes it.

I'll try that - I use ecover so thought that'd be quite safe, but will try something else. But then aswell - i have it on my scalp too, and when it was really bad even my ears. I will stop talking about it now.

Hooray for satsuma mountain. I just had peas, carrots, green beans and broccoli.

FK that's what possum said too - must get some, thanks.

oh it does sound quite general...hope it gets better

ahem, boco, do you think it might be urticaria

Boco, I gave up Ecover because just hanging out washing that had been washed in it was taking the skin off my hands. I use Clearspring and love it.

Who, me?

No, no, I was just passing.

Sorry it's DULL on here today. (Board in general, not this thread.)

Yes - it is urticaria - it starts like a big nettle rash - but then goes all red. But eczema can be like that too. The tablets i have are for urticaria - it's just finding out why. Will def try a different washing powder.

It must be dull hearing about my rash again sorry, lets talk about something else.

The swimming pool we went to was extremely well hidden. Well, the whole town was. Distinct lack of signposts and not even listed in the atlas index. Don't know if it is because it is a military place.
Anyway, the swimming pool (ex-military building) was unnecessarily huge and draughty and it was FREEZING and dd2 and ds2 had blue lips (but were happy) and I was miserable but I was a good mummy and we stayed much longer than I wanted to. And the shower are and changing rooms were freezing too.

AND the flume and inflatable thing were out of action.

i found the reason you get it on your tum is because you get yourself wet there when doing washing up or bathing children and stuff

also if it isn't the latex in waistbands etc then sometimes the washing powder bulds up in the thick part of clothes like waistnbands etc and then the rash spreads out from there

Ecover is notoriously bad for skin. DD slept in someone's bed once and was itchy/excema ridden for ages.

I would worry more about the inside than the outside if I were you. Obviously change powders and use something to relieve it but skin things are often the body's way of getting rid. Apparently if you suppress a skin problem it goes to the lungs. Or something.

Not sure what I'm suggesting you do about the inside, but relax as much as possible. Aloe vera juice is very good though it tastes like a donkeys arse.

homeopathy

Hi everyone.
Well I am quite proud of myself today. I didn't manage 10 portion of f&v but I did come close with banana, raisins, green beans, spring greens, carrots,parsnips and pomegranate juice(yum).
I am still feeling exhausted but I am hoping to wake up with a little more zing tomorrow.
I do a detox every January (the Jane Scrivener 30 day one ) and I am looking forward to that(dry skin brushing, 30 mins exercise, no wheat or dairy, lots of water.)
I am not sure what has happened to me this year- I have suddenly found myself immersed in bad habits- not enough sleep, eating too much meat, eating rubbish all day long, having no energy for the children....I am determined to get back to energetic mummy!
However, do you think a glass of red wine be a terrible thing?
Sorry, I seemed to have moaned on a bit....

i have suffered really badly from these things in the past in fact i did used to have an epipen but i er don't carry one any more

you could try evening primrose oil

stress can do it