Re: Hypo and itchy rash?

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I too have rashes all over my body plus acne along the

hairline, scalp is flaky and itchy....Ohhhhhhhhh i

look so uglyyyy, can't stand looking @ myself n the

mirror...urghhh!!...I used to have a very smooth skin

and looked young for my age just a year ago when I

was hyper (grave's disease) Now that I am hypo after

RAI, things got all out of whack...my dermatologist

said I have psoriasis and gave me steroid

*fluocinoniide* it helps a little but when i stop

using it, it always comes back and worst. I have also

been taking supplements but nothing seems to work. I

am desperate and i don't think i deserve to live my

life like this miserable. I am now trying this med

*NIZORAL tabs*........my doctor told me that it could

be a yeast infection that causing all these itch and

rashes all over my body. I am keeping my fingers

crossed, hope this one will work.

, your aunt is so lucky to have a nephew as

caring as you are. I hope she will get the best of

care from her doctor. This grave's support group has

really helped me a lot in dealing with my disease...

Jody, just call me chie and I am an ASIAN girl =)...I

do really appreciate the informations you had given

me. Thanks so much=)

rcb

--- " L. Buck " wrote:

> Hi everyone! Have a question particularly for those

> with hypO. I'm almost

> sure someone here reported having this as well, but

> I can't remember (darn

> brain fog). My mom just told me that one of my aunts

> (related by marriage,

> not blood) is having some health problems and the

> more she told me, the more

> it sounded to me like hypO. The one symptom that

> really seems to be

> confusing the docs is that she has an itchy rash all

> over her body except

> face and hands. She says it itches uncontrollably

> and it comes and goes.

> She's tried steroid creams, antihistamines, all

> kinds of drugs from the doc

> and dermatologist, but nothing works. She also had a

> bunch of tests done and

> they can't find out what is causing it. After my mom

> talked to me, she

> called my aunt back and told her to get her thyroid

> checked. Well, it turns

> out she did in Dec. and her FT4 was below normal and

> her TSH was 4.2. Sounds

> hypO to me! Anyway, the doc agreed she's hypo, but

> he's in a big university

> practice and hasn't been able to get back to her

> since the labwork was done.

> She's got her copy of the lab results and I told her

> just about everything

> you all have told me about T4 and T3 conversion,

> hypO symptoms, different

> types of replacement thyroid hormone, and to go find

> a different doctor for

> crying out loud! She's gained weight recently

> unexplained, been tired a lot,

> got numbness in her fingers which they want to test

> for carpal tunnel, but

> to me it all sounds related to her thyroid problem.

> So hopefully she will

> find a doc who can help her sooner rather than

> later.

>

> The real question I have for people here is, has

> anyone had an itchy rash

> while they were hypO? She said it sometimes has

> pimply like bumps that ooze

> fluid. No creams help. No drugs help. She's taking

> Zyrtec 3x a day and a

> sleeping pill just to get by. This seems to be the

> only symptom that doesn't

> fall in line with the usual hypO ones and I thought

> someone else had a

> similar thing. Has anyone else ever heard of this

> happening with hypO? Any

> help will be greatly appreciated. I think my poor

> aunt feel like she's going

> crazy. This has been going on since June now and she

> feels like it's never

> going to go away! I don't have enough experience

> with the hypO symptoms to

> know if this is something that can also happen with

> hypO.

>

> Thanks to all,

>

>

> Harmony's baby

>

>

> >Hi everyone,

> >Jill here (on Mum's computer, so don't get

> confused) I thought I

> >should let youall know that Harmony had her little

> baby f

> >early December. Both well. He is very sweet and

> cuddly, and

> >easy to care for, and good. He sleeps a lot and

> never cries. But

> >he doesn't make eyecontact or really seem to wake

> up fully very

> >often or notice people, and he keeps his little

> fists closed and

> >his arms tight to his body. The tests show that he

> has been quite

> >affected in his intelligence and muscular

> development. She said

> >they did MRI tests (whatever they are) and other

> tests which

> >showed this. She is now doing this experimental

> program with

> >him with a lovely woman at the med school. She has

> to try to

> >give him lots of stimulating experiences like

> things to smell and

> >touch and listen too, and to talk to him all the

> time and dance

> >with him, and take him to look at trees and flowers

> and sand and

> >water and all. She keeps him in a frontpack or just

> in her arms

> >almost all the time and sings to him, and is such a

> loving

> >mother. She said he is definitley getting better,

> and that it is

> >something to do with developing lots of neural

> connections in

> >his brain to help make up for the previous damage.

> I didn't ask

> >about medications but I gather they are both being

> treated

> >medically too.

> >

> >I have been using those herbs, lemonbalm etc and

> after my last

> >tests, the doctor tells me I'm a fraud: I can't

> even call myself

> >subclinical Graves. So I just want to say thank you

> for helping me

> >through it. Can anyone tell me if it is OK to keep

> on with the

> >herbs now?- they can't do me harm, can they?.

> >

> >Jill

> >

> >

> >

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