Itchy skin

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Morning all

I have just had by second round of EC.  Feeling fine apart from the tiredness and hair loss!  This morning I have woken up with incredibly itchy hands and feet - not experienced this before.  I moisturise daily but my usual hand creams and even bio oil are not touching it.  I'm worried I'm going to itch till they're red raw and create more problems.  A little niggle I know, but an irritating one.  

Any advice on what may relieve this would be very welcome!  

JPP60 xx

  • Hi JPP60 welcome to the forum. I imagine that this could potentially be  a side effect of the chemo. Do you have a number to ring for the chemo unit? If so I would give them a call asap.  Im not sure about anti histamines as they may interact badly with the chemo maybe  worth a call to a local chemist and a pharmacist locally if you have that available to you to see if they can suggest anything that may help you with this. .

    gail

     
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