Sverely Itchy Hands And Feet(blood Pressure ?)

itchalot · Newbie Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 1

Hey all,
Ive been eating vast quantities of pistachio nuts recently, i love them can get enough of them.

for the last three months ive had this intense itching of the soles of my feet, and now and again the palms of my hands.

after a google on pistachio nuts and feet I found this article
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1370/is_n4_v23/ai_7599183

I'm gonna stop eating these nuts and see if the symptoms go away.
Just thought i would share this with you in case you have eaten any nuts and didnt think anything of it at the time.
hope it help.... scratch scratch.

Rosie0813 · Newbie Joined: 07 Jul 2008 Posts: 1

of every post I've read, yours seems closest to what I've been going through for years now. Every few days, whether it be winter or summer, hot or cold, doesn't seem to matter what I eat or if I'm stressed, I get tiny blister like bumps on my hands and feet. It will start out as a couple then spread, looking like I got a hundred spider bites on my hands and feet only. The more I scratch the more they itch and sting. Then anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour later they disappear only to come back the next day or so. Nothing i take or put on them seems to work. The doctor can't do anything because they of course are not acting up when I'm there for the doctor to see them. I feel yours and everyone elses pain and annoyance. Let me know if you find out anything. Thanks

McOlaf · Newbie Joined: 08 Jul 2008 Posts: 1

I've had painfully itchy feet at night on and off for most of my adult life. Most noticable when I was pregnant (OB said it was a result of slight swelling in capillaries in foot) and when I was withdrawing from Paxil, but it still happens pretty frequently. It's much worse when my feet are hot -- in fact, if the temperature in the room goes much above 70 degrees F, my feet are so hot and itchy that my legs twitch in pain. However, during the day, my feet feel fine no matter the temperature. No redness, flaking, etc., and various blood tests over the years have all been normal.

What helps? Try any or all of the following:

--keep your feet poking out of the covers when you go to sleep
--turn on the cold water in the bathtub and let it splash over your feet for several minutes
--Bactine spray (or any other spray designed to relieve the pain of stings, burns, etc.)
--elevate and cool your feet in bed -- use a thick towel to cover several frozen cold packs (the kind you put in coolers to keep drinks cold) or gel-filled ice packs (find them in the first-aid aisle), put them on top of a pillow, and rest your feet on the towel
--any of those alcohol-based body sprays whose odor you find pleasing (not as effective as Bactine, but as the alcohol evaporates, your feet feel momentarily cooler, and it smells a bit nicer)
--distract yourself with the radio or tv -- I listen to the syndicated radio show "Coast to Coast AM" overnight -- if none of the above work, at least I'm listening to something interesting and not lying there miserable -- often I find myself drifting back to sleep while listening and having to go to the Web site the next day to find out what I missed!

What hasn't helped?
--antihistamines, either pills (Claritin, Benadryl) or creams
--antifungal creams
--lotions of any kind (dry skin, medicated, antihistamine)
--powders of any kind
--Ibuprofen, Acetominophine, other pain killers

Great article on itching in The New Yorker -- it's on their Web site -- those stories made me appreciate the mildness of my itchy feet!

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why!!!!!!!!!, what is the problem?, is it something in the air?, i never had this problem before, i went to the dr. and no answers, i also have a freind who been iching for the last 10 years, no answers for her either, what is the purpose of this web-site? we all know we are iching now WWWHHHYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

rrust101 · Newbie Joined: 30 Jul 2008 Posts: 1

I have been itching since november. it started all of a sudden. hands and feet only and mostly at night. I went to the doctor and had every test known done and then went to the allergy and skin dr and no one knows what it is. the only thing that works is xyzol. thats it. i am now taking it every day and a half because thats when the itching comes back. last week I got bit by ants and thats the exact itching I have been experiencing. this is the most aggrevating thing I have ever experienced.

Norm38 · Newbie Joined: 06 Aug 2008 Posts: 1

So after 2 years of experiencing this on and off (itchy hands and feet) I've also come to conclude that its salt and/or msg and sometimes tomatoes. However, I've noticed that if I put pressure on part of my forearm, or anywhere I get red and itchy and small bumps appear but go away quickly

For example if I have my forearm or hand resting on a hard sharp surface leave it there for a while (sitting on a dining room chair eg) I'll notice the redness and then its starts to itch! I'm a healthy 38 yr old but will soon visit the doctor to find out what this is.

tailaowai · Newbie Joined: 15 Aug 2008 Posts: 2

I was so glad to find this forum. My symptoms are very similar to those described by the majority of posters here, with one exception: the skin on my hands and feet cracks, quite painful. It even bleeds. Where I scratch, little bumps form, almost like tiny blisters. The skin thickens, then stiffens, then peels and flakes away. This has been with me for almost one year. I have been to see half a dozen dermatologists, and have received diagnoses of psoriasis and pompholyx eczema. I have had other symptoms of psoriasis for years, on my fingernails and scalp. Since this started a year ago, I have felt like I have been going mad. Nothing I have tried has worked, though running very hot water or putting ice on my hands does stop the itching for awhile. I was prescribed fexofenadine and that does seem to control the itching so that I can sleep through the night, but I would do anything to solve this problem! I am now going to stop drinking alcohol and coffee completely, and like others who have posted here, I'm going to keep a food diary. I can't help but think, like others here, that this is some kind of allergy OR is somehow liver-related.

Does anyone know whether or not fexofenadine has any side effects?

jillelly · Newbie Joined: 05 Sep 2008 Posts: 1

I also have itchy hands and feet...and can't seem to find what causes it, either. One thing that will relieve it, temporarily, is Vicks---it works as a topical analgesic, I think...so any kind would probably work. I just started eating nuts again...oily cashews right now...and I noticed I have not had the itching for a few days...might be a coincidence, but maybe a necessary skin helping ingredient that I am missing. I also tend to be anemic...like to know if anyone has found other things that work...mysterious...in good health, I think...but annoying itching usually at night or when I touch something rough with these areas...sometimes looks like thin minor hives in these areas or some redness that looks like increased circulation there. ...wonder, too, if it is an additive in foods, now, that has not yet been identified.

heatedheavy · Newbie Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Posts: 1

Alright guys, Im in the boat too. My itchiness started happening two days ago. I even getting a swelling sometimes too. The pattern Ive noticed with my itchiness is usually every morning when I wake up and wash my hands/face. About 20 minutes later I can feel a tingle in a certain area of the hand or feet that makes me want to scratch it, once I scratch it the itchiness spreads. Sometimes the middle part of my fingers will get little white bumps and then immediatly swell up real big, once they swell the itching slowly goes away followed by the swelling going away about 20 minutes later.
My itchiness started happening after I got a bad case of bronchitis. I started taking a bunch of "new" remedies that Ive never taken before. Jasmine tea, manuka honey, regular honey, rye bread, Echinacea and Eucalyptus Cough Syrup, small amount of bloot root herbal tincture, organic tomato sauce for pasta, cayenne pepper. I tried all these things at once when I got bronchitis thinking these things would help. About a few days later a simple case of phlegm in the throat turned into a full on cold with a runny nose and the pheglm got even worse and spread into the chest. I continued with these new remedies that I had purchased not thinking they were related to my case getting worse. I eventually got the itching spell and immediatley stopped using all these things I had recently bought, thinking that I was perhaps allergic to something.
Its been two days since I stopped using these things, but I am still getting the itching spells for the last two mornings. Im wondering if whatever it is that is causing this is still in my system and thus still effecting me with the itching spells.
I am going to try and fruit fast followed by a water fast to see if I can eliminate whatever it is that is causing this. I will keep you guys updated if this happens to work.
By the way, is anyone else getting these itching spells immediatly after washing there hands or simply wetting their hands? Anyone eat anything with an herb or spice they have never eaten before? Anyone here also experiencing sinus problems or phlegm or any sort?

Oh and I also have a history of bad seasonal allergies, especially in the spring time. My money is on the echinacea or jasmine tea or cayenne pepper since I seem to be allergic to alot of plants, flowers, etc.

-Sean

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hi iam a 23 yr old female. i really thought that something was seriously wrong with me and that i was one of the only ones with this itching problem, but now i know iam not alone. at first it started in my hands and feet and mainly at night time. but now it is all over my body and i itch so bad that iam actully making myself bleed sometimes. but its only in the rest of my body every once in awhile. but my hands and my feet every night. i just dont know what to do anymore i itch so bad it starts to burn and they feel so swallon. any advice at all would b greatly appreciated. thank you.

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