My skin's too sensitive
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Griffin Connell
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Join date: 5 Jul 2006
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07-21-2006 11:02
From: Cheetham Hill We've already addressed the "go see a doc" thing - it's far easier to get medical help off the internet than brave the NHS minefield. "go see a doc" cant be stressed ENOUGH. getting help from armchair physicians off the internet is the last thing anyone should do, NHS / socialized medicine be damned. |
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Soleil Mirabeau
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Join date: 6 Oct 2005
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07-21-2006 11:27
I have to buy unscented everything. EVERYTHING.
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Devlin Gallant
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Join date: 18 Jun 2003
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07-21-2006 11:49
From: Cheetham Hill Every single time I put something on my hands, whether it's shampoo, washing-up, or even that Neutrogena hand cream stuff, the skin goes all flaky and horrible. The other day when I went to Wales, I put sun-block on and it made my hands itch terribly until I found a public loo to wash them off. What should I do?  Sounds to me like you have hand dandruff.
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Damanios Thetan
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Join date: 6 Mar 2004
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07-21-2006 12:07
Well, if the problem occurred recenty, it's probably an allergic reaction.
Go back in time to when you first had the problem occur, and try to think about somethings you changed, in clothes, products you used, food you eat. Or maybe even pets you are now in contact with.
The biggest problem of an allergic reaction is that there are hundreds of things out there which can cause it.
Also make sure your skin isn't dried out. Get some kind of simple hypoallergenic moisturizing stuff and put it on there. A simple glycerine based procduct is probably the bes. You don't need a GP or dermatologist for that. Just make sure it's not making stuff worse.
Finally, get to a gp and dermatologist. If the itch is too much to feel and live comfortably with through the day, it can really effect your wellbeing. So get help.
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Siobhan OFlynn
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Join date: 19 Aug 2003
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07-21-2006 12:17
From: Devlin Gallant Sounds to me like you have hand dandruff. Listen to Devlin, man, he's pre-med. 
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Siobhan Taylor
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Join date: 13 Aug 2003
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07-21-2006 12:18
From: Devlin Gallant Sounds to me like you have hand dandruff. Handruff?
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Billybob Goodliffe
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Join date: 22 Dec 2005
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07-21-2006 12:19
From: Siobhan OFlynn Listen to Devlin, man, he's pre-med. don't insult him because he hasn't has his medication yet 
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Cottonteil Muromachi
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Join date: 2 Mar 2005
Posts: 1,071
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07-22-2006 04:25
From: Cheetham Hill Every single time I put something on my hands, whether it's shampoo, washing-up, or even that Neutrogena hand cream stuff, the skin goes all flaky and horrible. I'm not a dermatologist, but I think amputation might resolve the problem. |
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Selador Cellardoor
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Join date: 16 Nov 2003
Posts: 3,082
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07-22-2006 06:22
From: Cheetham Hill The first thing you've got to do is fight, either in a telephone queue or a real queue, to get an appointment. After several days camping outside the surgery, you might be first in line to get the three available slots that day. After that, you go and see your GP who will tell you there's nothing wrong with you. If you're very lucky, or very persuasive, and he/she's in a good mood, you might, might just get referred to a specialist such as a dermatologist. Then you have to drive to another town, pay through the nose to park on their NHS car park and see them. I've never got to that stage, so I don't know what happens next. Or, from another perspective, you make an appointment for non-urgent matters, which might mean that you have to wait a day or two. If you really want to see the GP, you can wait until he has finished seeing his other patients, which might mean a wait of an hour at the end of surgery. If you want a dermatologist, he will refer you to one. If, like me, you consume hundreds of pounds worth of medication a month, you will get it for nothing, other than the national insurance which we all pay. When I see what has happened to American friends of mine who have experienced bad heath, I thank providence for the NHS, knowing that with its shortcomings, it's still the best health service in the world. |
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Devlin Gallant
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Join date: 18 Jun 2003
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07-22-2006 13:37
From: Billybob Goodliffe don't insult him because he hasn't has his medication yet Wrong, I am on all kinds of medication...12 pills a day.
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