Skin rashes

FormerMember
FormerMember
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Hi all you lovely people , I've had three cycles if taxol and carbo for ovarian cancer , now second of carboplaintin ,both times I have had a very itchy skin reaction ,big red blotches on arms ,hips  and  thighs ,taken antihistamines ,helps the itching , has anyone else had this reaction.

  • Hi fenlander,

    im sorry that you are having these problems, I've not had chemo but whilst you wait for others to reply I'd like to make two suggestions, the first is to contact your chemo team and let them know about your symptoms, they might have some ideas / treatments for you, from hanging around the site a while that is the first piece of advice that the others usually give in similar circumstances.

    The second is the ask an expert section of the website where you can ask a nurse about your symptoms, its at https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer_experiences/ask_the_expert/ 

    lots of love 

    xxx

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember in reply to Arla

    Thank you for your reply ,I have contacted the chemo team ,but they were a bit baffled , suggested antihistamines ,which have helped a bit ,I'll see how it goes .Many thanks. 

  • You can do a search in the group at the top of the page and that might flag up something from an old post where someone has previously had similar symptoms

    xx