Itchy Back and lovely little spots!

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My left arm has a look of a " war zone " !

(because I scratched it too much!)I think the doctors told me that

it's gonna itch because I have high sugars! Also, the sweating I go

thru, which is NOT that much fun..(I honestly hate to sweat!) is

also when I have high blood sugars...and for the longest time, (many

years before diagnoses) I thought that I was having either menopause

early, and or I was just MORE hot than other people out in the sun,

and or it was because I was drinking way too much Chai Tea! LOL!

I also had the itchy back...right between the shoulder blades, and

let me say, it is a pain when it just doesn't stop itching!

Anybody go thru those Terrible itchies, alot, or have yoour blood

sugars settled down already?

luvscoco99

[Guest guest]

I still get an itchy back between the shoulder blades. My doctor told me it

was contact dermatitis from my bra strap. Have you been told otherwise? She

prescribed me a cortisone cream but I rarely use it - I don't want to put

cortisone in my body so I just kind of deal with it. Some days its fine other

days I can't scratch enough.

Meena

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Meena,

I have had a problem with back itching for over 10 years now. I haven't

thought to ask the doctor about it, but I've attributed it to back acne due to

sweating, being closed up in cloth all the time, oil from my long hair, etc.

My latest remedy has been to use a facial acne wash, and then have my husband

put a quality moisturizer on my back. It does help. I guess in effect

taking the bad oils out and putting the good oils in.

In a message dated 8/4/2006 10:06:39 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

meena484@... writes:

I still get an itchy back between the shoulder blades. My doctor told me it

was contact dermatitis from my bra strap. Have you been told otherwise? She

prescribed me a cortisone cream but I rarely use it - I don't want to put

cortisone in my body so I just kind of deal with it. Some days its fine

other

days I can't scratch enough.

Meena

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/4/2006 10:06:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

meena484@... writes:

I still get an itchy back between the shoulder blades.

Hi Meena,

I get the itchy back in the same place and sometimes all the way down the

center of my back. I've had it for years, before being diagnosed. I still

have it occasionally and I don't have high bg's, so I don't associate it with

diabetes.

hugs

Eunice

[Guest guest]

I'm itchy somewhere on my body at all times. It's not so bad right now - it's

bearable - but 2 years ago, long before I was diagnosed, it was AWFUL. I was

scratching constantly, and nothing helped. I spent the day of my wedding

fighting madly not to scratch. I think a great deal of that was due to high

sugars, and then exacerbated by a pest problem we had at the time that took us a

good 6 months to finally get a handle on.

Aly

Itchy Back and lovely little spots!

My left arm has a look of a " war zone " !

(because I scratched it too much!)I think the doctors told me that

it's gonna itch because I have high sugars! Also, the sweating I go

thru, which is NOT that much fun..(I honestly hate to sweat!) is

also when I have high blood sugars...and for the longest time, (many

years before diagnoses) I thought that I was having either menopause

early, and or I was just MORE hot than other people out in the sun,

and or it was because I was drinking way too much Chai Tea! LOL!

I also had the itchy back...right between the shoulder blades, and

let me say, it is a pain when it just doesn't stop itching!

Anybody go thru those Terrible itchies, alot, or have yoour blood

sugars settled down already?

luvscoco99

.

[Guest guest]

I don't have acne or excessive sweating. So I don't think those remedies

would work for me. I dunno.

Meena

[Guest guest]

Also, the sweating I go

> thru, which is NOT that much fun..(I honestly hate to sweat!) is

> also when I have high blood sugars...and for the longest time, (many

> years before diagnoses) I thought that I was having either menopause

> early, and or I was just MORE hot than other people out in the sun,

> and or it was because I was drinking way too much Chai Tea! LOL!

>

> I also had the itchy back...right between the shoulder blades, and

> let me say, it is a pain when it just doesn't stop itching!

> Anybody go thru those Terrible itchies, alot, or have yoour blood

> sugars settled down already?

>

>

> luvscoco99

>

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My back itched all the time before I was DXed & got my BS down to a

normal level. Now it doesn't so much. But it worries me that you

talk about sweating as if it also is a symptom of high BS -- I am

miserable this summer! Sweating if it gets over 80 -- which isn't all

that hot! And of course if I do any exercising at all ... I have

little rivers all over me. Does that ever get better just by getting

the BS under control, or is losing weight also necessary? (I'm trying,

it's just not coming off very fast)

Kate

[Guest guest]

Kate, bring wet wipes with you, whereever you go....It's terribly hot here where

I live....I am in land...and GOD, sometimes, they have this thing called the

" red zone " and you can ride the public transits for free! which is now,

but,(it's all new to me...because I am originally from California the San

Francisco /Berkeley California area...so we don't have stuff really like that

out there!)But, anyhow, out here when it gets past 75 degrees, nobody is gonna

catch me walking around!!! TOO HOT!! and TOO Humid!!!! I cannot stand the

humidity! Ew!!! I honestly don't understand how people here, can deal with the

heat!!! They are amazing or something(yes, and I am full aware of " Air

Conditioning " in case anyone wants to mention this to me!! LOL!) But, other than

that....WHew! It's just tooo HOT!!!!

luvscoco99

p.s. interesting email address...so do you chase ghosties and or hae anything to

do with them at all? I like the address! (I myself, love ghost stories!)

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Luvscoco99, I was born and raised in Baltimore. I agree it is hot and humid

there. I left and went to Texas then Mississippi then Florida then to Turkey

in the desert. All of them were to hot, some humid and some dry. I really

did not like the heat. I moved to upstate central New York. Now it has been

to hot here for the past three weeks. The only comfort is that come October

we will see the white stuff SNOW then I will be happy. I have lived here for

46 years and love it. All my children move south to a hotter climate, go

figure?

S Wilkinson,

Rome, New York

Re: Re: Itchy Back and lovely little spots!

Kate, bring wet wipes with you, whereever you go....It's terribly hot here

where I live....I am in land...and GOD, sometimes, they have this thing

called the " red zone " and you can ride the public transits for free! which

is now, but,(it's all new to me...because I am originally from California

the San Francisco /Berkeley California area...so we don't have stuff really

like that out there!)But, anyhow, out here when it gets past 75 degrees,

nobody is gonna catch me walking around!!! TOO HOT!! and TOO Humid!!!! I

cannot stand the humidity! Ew!!! I honestly don't understand how people

here, can deal with the heat!!! They are amazing or something(yes, and I am

full aware of " Air Conditioning " in case anyone wants to mention this to

me!! LOL!) But, other than that....WHew! It's just tooo HOT!!!!

luvscoco99

p.s. interesting email address...so do you chase ghosties and or hae

anything to do with them at all? I like the address! (I myself, love ghost

stories!)

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I've always blamed my Long hair for the itching between my shoulder blades,

its right where I cant reach and it only happens at night when I haven got

clothes on to keep my hair away from my back

Love sue n xx

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-- Itchy Back and lovely little spots!

My left arm has a look of a " war zone " !

(because I scratched it too much!)I think the doctors told me that

it's gonna itch because I have high sugars! Also, the sweating I go

thru, which is NOT that much fun..(I honestly hate to sweat!) is

also when I have high blood sugars...and for the longest time, (many

years before diagnoses) I thought that I was having either menopause

early, and or I was just MORE hot than other people out in the sun,

and or it was because I was drinking way too much Chai Tea! LOL!

I also had the itchy back...right between the shoulder blades, and

let me say, it is a pain when it just doesn't stop itching!

Anybody go thru those Terrible itchies, alot, or have yoour blood

sugars settled down already?

luvscoco99

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Sue Nicholson wrote:

> I've always blamed my Long hair for the itching between my shoulder blades,

> its right where I cant reach and it only happens at night when I haven got

> clothes on to keep my hair away from my back

> Love sue n xx

In the UK it's possible to buy E45 Itch Relief Cream which is really

effective. Ask at your local pharmacy if you're not in the UK, they may

have something similar. Have a look at

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100004774.html

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Take care. Barry UK

[Guest guest]

Thank you Barry

Yes I am in the UK and I have a huge tub..............use it for allsorts of

things that need soothing

Love sue n xx

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-- Re: Itchy Back and lovely little spots!

Sue Nicholson wrote:

> I've always blamed my Long hair for the itching between my shoulder blades

> its right where I cant reach and it only happens at night when I haven got

> clothes on to keep my hair away from my back

> Love sue n xx

In the UK it's possible to buy E45 Itch Relief Cream which is really

effective. Ask at your local pharmacy if you're not in the UK, they may

have something similar. Have a look at

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100004774.html

--

Take care. Barry UK

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