Mystery (to me) problem

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Hi all,

I would like to begin by saying that I don't post much because I have so

little time at e-mail that it is all I can do to just go through the

messages and save important information for future use. :-)

Anyway, please bear with me because I'm not sure what is important here,

and I don't want to be jumping to conclusions. Two of my offspring, aged

30 and 34, seem to have some symptoms in common, although they live a

thousand or so miles apart. They have a layer of skin which pretty much

constantly sluffs off, coming off as, according to their description,

fairly powdery.

In addition, my son, the 34 year old, says that he is constantly

thirsty. He says that he drinks all the time, (I'm not saying that he

drinks the right stuff), but that his thirst never seems quenched.

Evidently, he has always had a problem with maintaining enough liquid in

his body. He says that when he used to give plasma, they had to draw out

of him 1 or 2 times more than from anyone else because of the low volume

of liquid.

I suggested dehydration to them, and this may apply to my son's thirst

and low liquid volumes, but about the powdery skin, my daughter is

fairly health oriented, eats well and drinks a lot of water.

Any ideas as to cause? As to fixes?

Thanks much,

TerriLynne