My hands and feet have been unbareably itchy for the last few days..

[MascaraOHara]

it's driving me nuts, what could it be??

I don't have excema or any skin complaints normally. they don't feel particularly dry and I don't think I've changed any of my products. I really can't bare it.. HELP!

are you pregnant?

(not being rude btw!)

scabies? any red dots on your fingers at all?

hand foot and mouth maybe?
are trhey red at all?

My nails and the tips of my fingers are sort of a red0y purpley colour. no spots or dots.

Deffo not pregnant.. no sex.

no sex

Do you walk around the house barefoot? Have you started using any new cleaning products?

oh sometimes I do. sometimes I wear my hairy slippers. could my hairy slippers have fleas?

although no bites.

oh sometimes I do. sometimes I wear my hairy slippers. could my hairy slippers have fleas?

although no bites.

There's your answer, your hairy slippers have fleas.

Could it be a liver thing?

cold blains?

Or hypothyroidism?

liver thing, hyperthyroidism, chill blains.. what are these things?

the itching on my feet has moved from my toes to my heels now..

isnt itching hands sign of coming into money and itching feet means going on your travels?

is it itching between fingers and toes or just all over?

it's all over them.

I like the idea of money & travel though.

I've just tried to look on NHS Direct but can't see anything relevant.

ohh dunno.i always panic at itchy hands because of scabies.i had it once while working in a shop and wasnt very nice.how long have you been itching?

I think it started around Thursday/Friday deffo all over the weekend

Ok, it was SO unbearable this morning that I tried to get an appointment with my GP.. couldn't get one so went to the shop and bought some benedryl.. please let it work. I could cry!

I think it is a virus thingy that is going around - I had itchy forearms, ankles and across my chest for a couple of days. Particularly itchy at night, when it would keep me awake. Gone now and I am none the wiser as to what it was. Felt like a reaction to something (I was incredibly allergic to random things as a kid) but like you, I have not changed anything or introduced new products.

Hope it passes soon.

BTW I have the D&V bug now - I don't think they are related.....

Further update it has now spread to my legs, my nose and my ears.. can't get an appointment with my GP and am taking 3 antihistamines(sp?) a day.. I have red blotchy lumps

Have you spoken to a pharmacist?

Are the antihistamines helping?

If not i would really push for an emergency appt with GP before the easter weekend.

Hope you feel better soon.

mascara get an urgent appt.
i have had chickenpox recently and all you say sounds a bit familiar.and yes you
can get it twice
say to the receptionist that you don't know ifyou are contageous and must see the gp as a matter of urgency.

Actually I've phoned them again and asked if they've had any cancellations so have an appointment later on.. I just looked in the mirror and my ears are really swallon.. I think (thought I cna't tell exactly that it might be coming out on m y face.

It doesn't look like chicken pox.

My hands feel cold to touch but feel to me like they're burning. it's horrible.

The antihistimines are working in such that they relieve the itching and the redness goes enabling you to actually see the lumps.

Shall I paint a red cross on my door do you think?

It sounds like a severe allergy. Not on any medication already I take it...hope the Dr has some answers for you x

I just dropped my trousers ass my thighs were starting to itch and it's all up my thighs.. literally covered.

At least my face isn't itching (yet) but you can barely see the spots as yet..

It's been on my hands for almost a wekk now... I hope it is an allergy.

I'll post tonight re. what the doctor says