Re: Itchy nose

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Barbara:

I know that itching feeling around the nose. I get it when I eat one

of my trigger foods. The itching gets so bad that I break the skin.

The skin feels kind of waxy too.

I don't know if a trigger food is causing your itching, but I know

that some people on the list have had to try a few types of px

antihistamines like Claritin and Atarax, among others, before they

discover the one that works for them. There is an otc spray inhaler

called Nasalcrom containing sodium cromolyn (sp?), and it's supposed

to stop mast cells from producing histamine. I use it off an on to

help control my nose redness. It seems to work for me.

You really have to figure out what your triggers are. It takes

awhile, but it has helped to reduce my flares by a good 75%. Mine

are certain foods, stress and getting overheated. We're all different

with that. Also, do you have a skin cleansing and moisturizing

regime that works for you? That's a big help to find something that

heals instead of making the problem worse. Drinking about 10 glasses

of cool/cold water a day helps me a lot too.

Lastly, some people (including myself) find that taking an acid

reducer for your stomach called Tagamet reduces or even eliminates a

flare.

We've all been there - thinking that nothing can help and losing

hope. There are lots of things you can do to help yourself and gain

control over this yukky disease.

I hope your skin gets better soon!

Matija

> Hi,I'm a new member, and tho' I've read through the highlights, I

> didn't see anything on this: I've had the redness and burning on

the

> cheeks for quite some time (I'm a lifetime blusher), and there was

> some redness on the nose that after a while didn't go away. Then I

> started getting itching (at first only at night) on the outside of

> the nostrils and around the naso-labial fold area. It was slight

at

> first, then later got really insane. Once this happened, the

> swelling and enlarging of pores began, and the tissue has begun to

> accumulate. I know it'll be no use having any kind of laser

> procedure done until I can find the cause of this, otherwise it'll

> just go on itching and probably re-swell all over again. I've been

> taking the antihistimine Zyrtec about a week and a half, hoping

that

> might be the answer, but so far there's no difference. Anyone else

> out there have any problems like this? By the way, my mother also

> has rosacea (never diagnosed), and her nose is purplish and twice

the

> size it used to be -- have to tell ya', I'm scared. Any help/ideas

> would be appreciated.