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. .
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