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- January 21, 2012 at 7:16 am
anyone experience palms that get red and itchy with little red bumps and hives?? Driving me nuts…sore, skin peeling started on palms now on wrists and sides of fingers…been going on for over 3 weeks…I am going to endocrine doc on Tuesday….
anyone experience palms that get red and itchy with little red bumps and hives?? Driving me nuts…sore, skin peeling started on palms now on wrists and sides of fingers…been going on for over 3 weeks…I am going to endocrine doc on Tuesday….
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- January 21, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Hi Lynn,
Sorry to hear you are going through this. I did radiation in September and had a severe rash during the treatment. It was hot, cracked skin, and oozed. It was across my entire chest…nowhere near the radiation site…hip. It kept happening and I wound up going to the emergency room several times because it would intensify on the weekends. The doctors kept calling it a severe allergic reaction and put me on steroids each time. Of course, I woud tell them I had melanoma and steroids were not good for me because they lowered my immune system. Each doctor told me it was the only way to control it.
I am a teacher and during a parent-teacher conference, the parent (nurse practitioner) noticed my constant itching. I told her what was happening and she told me it was a systemic yeast infection. Right there, she wrote a prescription for Fluconazole. I was desperate and took it. I felt relief in a day. My oncologist was furious. He insisted it was not a systemic yeast infection, rather something called an "Id reaction." He prescribed 21 more days of Fluconazole. I don't know who was right, but the Fluconazole worked!
Perhaps you could ask your doctor about it. Good luck because I know how annoying it is!
Tricia
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- January 21, 2012 at 6:43 pm
I am thinking it could be yeast…I have tried everything- including absorbine jr to try and dry it out. I have been using Caladryl, Benadryl lotion ( and caplets!) Hydocortisone1% ( tons of it) Lubraderm, Johnson's baby lotion and Eucerin ( the heavy cream) and triple antibiotic ointment..Yea I can't do steroids and I am about to climb the walls and chop off my hands!! My gut feeling is that it is a result of the anti pd 1 or my thyroid not working anymore…if it's the anti pd 1 it would mean that my body has been triggered into a anti immune response…it's a wonder we aren't getting Lupus or RA or something. If its my Thyroid, maybe I need more synthroid OR I am allergic to the synthroid…I go on Tuesday to see the endocrine doc and I sure hope he has a solution that works…
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- January 21, 2012 at 6:43 pm
I am thinking it could be yeast…I have tried everything- including absorbine jr to try and dry it out. I have been using Caladryl, Benadryl lotion ( and caplets!) Hydocortisone1% ( tons of it) Lubraderm, Johnson's baby lotion and Eucerin ( the heavy cream) and triple antibiotic ointment..Yea I can't do steroids and I am about to climb the walls and chop off my hands!! My gut feeling is that it is a result of the anti pd 1 or my thyroid not working anymore…if it's the anti pd 1 it would mean that my body has been triggered into a anti immune response…it's a wonder we aren't getting Lupus or RA or something. If its my Thyroid, maybe I need more synthroid OR I am allergic to the synthroid…I go on Tuesday to see the endocrine doc and I sure hope he has a solution that works…
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- January 21, 2012 at 6:43 pm
I am thinking it could be yeast…I have tried everything- including absorbine jr to try and dry it out. I have been using Caladryl, Benadryl lotion ( and caplets!) Hydocortisone1% ( tons of it) Lubraderm, Johnson's baby lotion and Eucerin ( the heavy cream) and triple antibiotic ointment..Yea I can't do steroids and I am about to climb the walls and chop off my hands!! My gut feeling is that it is a result of the anti pd 1 or my thyroid not working anymore…if it's the anti pd 1 it would mean that my body has been triggered into a anti immune response…it's a wonder we aren't getting Lupus or RA or something. If its my Thyroid, maybe I need more synthroid OR I am allergic to the synthroid…I go on Tuesday to see the endocrine doc and I sure hope he has a solution that works…
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- January 21, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Hi Lynn,
Sorry to hear you are going through this. I did radiation in September and had a severe rash during the treatment. It was hot, cracked skin, and oozed. It was across my entire chest…nowhere near the radiation site…hip. It kept happening and I wound up going to the emergency room several times because it would intensify on the weekends. The doctors kept calling it a severe allergic reaction and put me on steroids each time. Of course, I woud tell them I had melanoma and steroids were not good for me because they lowered my immune system. Each doctor told me it was the only way to control it.
I am a teacher and during a parent-teacher conference, the parent (nurse practitioner) noticed my constant itching. I told her what was happening and she told me it was a systemic yeast infection. Right there, she wrote a prescription for Fluconazole. I was desperate and took it. I felt relief in a day. My oncologist was furious. He insisted it was not a systemic yeast infection, rather something called an "Id reaction." He prescribed 21 more days of Fluconazole. I don't know who was right, but the Fluconazole worked!
Perhaps you could ask your doctor about it. Good luck because I know how annoying it is!
Tricia
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- January 21, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Hi Lynn,
Sorry to hear you are going through this. I did radiation in September and had a severe rash during the treatment. It was hot, cracked skin, and oozed. It was across my entire chest…nowhere near the radiation site…hip. It kept happening and I wound up going to the emergency room several times because it would intensify on the weekends. The doctors kept calling it a severe allergic reaction and put me on steroids each time. Of course, I woud tell them I had melanoma and steroids were not good for me because they lowered my immune system. Each doctor told me it was the only way to control it.
I am a teacher and during a parent-teacher conference, the parent (nurse practitioner) noticed my constant itching. I told her what was happening and she told me it was a systemic yeast infection. Right there, she wrote a prescription for Fluconazole. I was desperate and took it. I felt relief in a day. My oncologist was furious. He insisted it was not a systemic yeast infection, rather something called an "Id reaction." He prescribed 21 more days of Fluconazole. I don't know who was right, but the Fluconazole worked!
Perhaps you could ask your doctor about it. Good luck because I know how annoying it is!
Tricia
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