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Itching!!!!!!!!!!!!! Any medical people please help!

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abbierhodes · 26/04/2009 23:59

I'm itching all over, I have been for about a week and a half.
I've not changed any products, I don't have any known allergies. I don't have a rash.
The main places I itch are my hands, feet, head and legs.
I've googled it, but not found anything that seems very likely, as I don't have any other symptoms!
If anyone has any experience please help, it's driving me mental!!!

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FluffyBunnyGoneBad · 27/04/2009 00:00

Are you pregnant?

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abbierhodes · 27/04/2009 00:00

TTC number three.

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abbierhodes · 27/04/2009 00:01

Fluffy, you were on my last 'health thread' a few weeks ago!!!

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FluffyBunnyGoneBad · 27/04/2009 00:01

do a test. I had this in early pregnancy with ds. It drove me nuts.

FluffyBunnyGoneBad · 27/04/2009 00:02

Oh dear. I get around a bit.

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abbierhodes · 27/04/2009 00:03

Really? this early? I'd have to have started itching within hours of concption! (about 6 days till AF is due)

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FluffyBunnyGoneBad · 27/04/2009 00:05

Yup. Honest. It's either this or a liver problem. I was itching within a few hours. It wore off after a couple of weeks. The GP said some women get this (not saying it's this of course).

WhoLetthepigsoutOinkoinkoink · 27/04/2009 00:11

I was itchy like this once, I couldn't understand why. Out of curiosity after about three nights, I combed my hair with conditioner and found nits

Once I had treated them, the itching stopped. I think it was a reaction to the bites that became generalised iyswim.

Ds didn't even have them. Gawd knows where they came from.

ladette · 27/04/2009 00:14

in my experience either pregnancy or lack of iron. Check out the pregnancy first before trying iron tablets!

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abbierhodes · 27/04/2009 00:15

Ooh, never thought of nits!!It is everywhere though, not just my head.

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abbierhodes · 27/04/2009 00:16

Oh, no, now you're getting my hopes up ladies, and it's too early to test

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FluffyBunnyGoneBad · 27/04/2009 00:17

I didn't test, the GP did. I knew. Weird hey!

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abbierhodes · 27/04/2009 00:22

You knew you were pregnant? How early was it?

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FluffyBunnyGoneBad · 27/04/2009 00:24

Umm, a couple of days. Weird hey, I just felt different. The itching started the day after conception. I even knew it was a boy for some odd reason. It was.

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abbierhodes · 27/04/2009 00:26

Oh, I really don't want to get my hopes up! I did loads of tests the last 2 months but I knew I was kidding myself iyswim!
I don't have a hunch either way this time!

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FluffyBunnyGoneBad · 27/04/2009 00:28

Leave it a while, do a test, if it's negative pop to the GP and ask for a LFT (liver function test), there are liver problems that can cause this too. Itching of the thighs can be due to dehydration.

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abbierhodes · 27/04/2009 00:28

Right well I'm off to bed! Thanks for replies, I shall keep you updated!

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FluffyBunnyGoneBad · 27/04/2009 00:31
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abbierhodes · 27/04/2009 14:08

Right, am still itching, still too early for a preg test!
Just bumping this really to see if anyone else has any ideas!

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abbierhodes · 27/04/2009 14:17

It is driving me mental now!

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Flightattendant25 · 27/04/2009 18:17

Seriously - check your hair.

I had the itching all over as well. Bites from something like that can trigger a generalised allergic response that isn't limited to where you are being bit

Have you tried piriton?

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abbierhodes · 27/04/2009 21:04

Thanks for responses! I've had DH check my hair, and it isn't nits! I am now getting a rash on my back, which is burning a bit!
Very, very odd.
If anyone else has any suggestions, please help!
I obviously don't want to go to the doctors with something so daft, but not sure how long to ignore it for!

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chunglimum · 27/04/2009 21:10

I've just had similar for the last three weeks (my scalp is itching like crazy as I type) and have come to the conclusion that it's a new sympton of hayfever - the doctor agrees... Going to start taking nutritional supplements for the hayfever and I've got good old calmine lotion for the rash ... you have my utmost sympathy...

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abbierhodes · 27/04/2009 21:13

Oh, that would make sense. Have just taken some piriton, so hopefully that'll kick in soon!
Thanks chunglimum!! Hope yours is better soon!

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