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Saturday, 13 June 2009
Help!
I have chilblains ! Which if you don't know what they are, it's when your fingers or toes get too cold, and they swell up, hurt and itch like something else, and generally go a lovely blotchy red and ugly.Does anyone suffer from them too? Does anyone know any good tips?Apparently according to mum ( who gets them too) and the chemist there is little to be done. I got the lotion for them, but it seems to make them worse. Anyone know any secret tips? I can't really bear to think ( no pun intended) or a whole itchy winter of this!
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oh jess that doesnt sound good at all, sorry i am no help but thinking of you and wish for someone with a super tip to get in touch. xx
oh my goodness, you describe what I've been experiencing every winter for the last few years! (Mostly on my lower legs, it drives me insane). I thought I was allergic to something only around in winter...but reading the link you posted this sounds much more likely.
I was going to recommend you try Origins Comforting Solution which helps me more than calamine does but I can't find it on their website!
Perhaps they have changed the name, I can only hope or I will be guarding my bottle from now on!
I don't know if my experience will help - but... i really struggle with the cold as it makes my skin itch like crazy. I get lumps which look like mosquito bites and they take a LOT of warming up to settle down and fade away. I have to go out with loads of layers on and any exposed bits tend to suffer... wrists, neck,ears... even the bits under layers don't survive for long.
I have talked to a couple of GP's about it and they said it is a type of allergic reaction of the skin - a histamine thing - no real reason for it occuring. So you could try antihistamines. I think I have even seen a brand that makes antihistamines for "itchy skin rash". (I should take my own advice and get some)
Have you been diagnosed with chilblains? I don't know much about that.
ANYTHING is worth a try to stop you from climbing the walls... Good luck
The old timers ( like in Charles Dickens day) used to use goose grease. Sorry. That's the only remedy I have ever heard of.
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