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[lorrapaw]

Is this a side effect of menopause as both my sister and i get this. It drives me crazy, there is nothing to look at on skin but everytime i shower my skin starts itching like mad. My doc put me on antihistimes and i spend a fortune on body lotion. I use a shower gel which is natural and no nasties in it but it still is bad after shower also during day is sometimes itchy and i feels irritated like under the skin but is itchy most after shower. Can anyone reccomend anything.

[CLKD]

HORMONES 

For years my insteps itched as soon as I got into the bath.  I would wake in the night with one heel scratching the other foot.  Sometimes the back behind my shoulders would itch and last night I was convinced that I had been bitten.  DH looked at my spine where the irritation was and couldn't see anything, but Boy a good scratch really helped!

Deep in my ears; back of my throat and nose ........ itch, itch, itch!

[Taz2]

HRT was the only thing that stopped my itchy skin lorrapaw.

Taz

[andius]

I itched all over after a hot shower or bath....feet to head!

HRT took care of it after 2 mo of taking it.

[Anna]

Yes terrible itching on legs and back mostly.  Have tried oilatum in bath but that did nothing. Antihistamine and E45 cream work as good as anything.  It is intermittent thankfully.

[lorrapaw]

Cant go on HRT but am on vagifem. My sister is on hrt as she still gets the itching. Whats causes the itching at menopause?

[ariadne]

Me too. I can't take showers any more. A bath is less likely to produce the itching but will sometimes and I never know why. The itching lasts for about 20 minutes after the bath and I could cry with the wretchedness of it. I also get the itching in bed at random places on my legs. No rash, no redness but just crazy itchiness. I've tried all sorts of creams and even antihistamine tablets before a bath. Its nearly always my legs or wrists

Ariadne xx

[Evenstar]

I itch like crazy down one thigh but nowhere else. Is very strange

[andius]

Wow! That is really unusual.

A

[honeybun]

I am on HRT but still get itchy. It's confined to my back just where I can't reach it. It's not there all the time though thank goodness.

I don't know what the trigger is though. One day fine next day itchy.


Honeyb
X

[CLKD]

Withdrawal of oestrogen?

I itch background all the while but it is more noticeable as I go to bed    I use a long shoe horn to scratch my back 

[Rowan]

I bathe twice a day but don't linger in the bath.

Since I was a teenager after I have dried my skin and it is still is still damp, I have smothered myself in baby oil, I have never missed doing it.

Another thing I use in winter is a small Humidifier in the sitting room, it keeps the air from drying out, so no itchy skin.

Also oil the inside of your skin as well as the outer with essential fatty acids.

There is a thing called Formication that is associated with menopause, but mostly its described as a sort of crawling on the skin.

http://www.34-menopause-symptoms.com/itchy-skin.htm

[CLKD]

I had to read that word twice 

I have a background itch today plus the edges of my eyes/lids are irritated .........

[Rowan]

  not fornication

[Tingly]

Silverlady ..do u use baby oil inside too?