No. If it only itches after being exposed to water and doesn't matter if hot or cold, or when or wear without hives or rash it's probably aquagenic purirtus
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I also have this crazy person itch problem and have had it as long as i can remember. The only thing that works for me is to turn water to super hot at end of shower but only to half of my body (winter months) the bathroom cannot be humid when you walk out of shower so turn on the fan. In summer i do the opposit but doesnt work as well. I turn water to complete cold at the end but have to make sure i walk out into an air conditioned room. Hope this can help fellow itchers
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I have suffered with this for several years. As a boy, I remember having a similar problem, but I think that was related to too-hot baths, This isn't. I'm 63 now (male). The pattern is unchanging. I shower, and about 5 minutes after I've dried, it starts. It's as though unseen hands were pushing the tips of pins into my skin, rapidly and randomly over my body. Mostly upper body and upper arms, occasionally down onto legs. It varies from mildly annoying to very painful. Five to ten minutes later, it's gone. This will keep up every day for several days or even a couple of weeks. Then it goes away and it will stay away for an indefinite period, usually several months, before returning.
I've changed soap, towels and detergent, tried hotter and cooler showers, towel -drying and air-drying, and noted whether this happens in summer or winter. Nothing makes a difference. I'm a regular swimmer, and don't get it then, or from sweating after exercise.
I've changed soap, towels and detergent, tried hotter and cooler showers, towel -drying and air-drying, and noted whether this happens in summer or winter. Nothing makes a difference. I'm a regular swimmer, and don't get it then, or from sweating after exercise.
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This sounds exactly the same as what I've been going through for most of my life too. The best relief I've found so far is using a hair dryer over my whole body for a good ten minutes as soon as i get out of the shower. Obviously this isn't possible sometimes when going swimming etc. so i just tend to stay out of the water as much as possible.
I found a blog online from someone who started taking vitamin D supplements and had amazing results so I've just ordered a load of tablets! Crossing my fingers it will work.
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Hi,i had a four and half hour operation to remove a 10lbs cyst in my stomach. 3 days afterwards i got electric shocks then after a few days it went to itching. After 2 visit to the doctors it took a turn for the worse at 11 weeks after the op and became pain that felt like needles being slowly push into the skin and then pull out,this would happen a few mins after taking a shower the same with the itching. I use tons of body cream but it seems it is nerve damage in my spinal. I now use a plaster cast cover to cover my legs so i can have a shower with no pain afterwards. The pain in my legs make it look like i have terrible goosebumps,they stand up when the nerves are playing up. On tablets to help the pain and most days it works well. Been told it will be about 12 months before the nerves are back together. Seems that the water running down the legs will get the nerves going so if you do have a bad back or any nerve trapped even if you are not in pain most of the time it will show itself when you have a shower or bath. Hope anyone who has pain while showering will try the plaster cast covers because they work of me. Also have the nerves checked out in your bad.
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Hi! I have the same condition and the only thing that helped me was when we put filter in our shower head. And have to change it every 3 months. From then on, I never experienced it except when I shower outside my house- like hotels etc.. I think it has something to do with the water source, the place. I’m not sure.
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I have had severe itiching, after showering, but this only happens in the Fall, if I expose myself to the sun and get a tan, during the Summer. If I avoid the sun, I do not get the itching, reason why I have avoided the beach for may years. The itchhing is severe, lasts about 20 to 30 minutes, and only subsides after getting myself under the covers.
I have a teory that may sound naive but here it goes for lack of any better one: Sun increases the amount of melanine by the melanocites. Does it also increase the histamine granules by the mastocites? If it does, the charged mastocites will dump the histamine in the circulation during showering and there begins the itching.
Would like to hear any thoughts on this. Thanks. JF
I have a teory that may sound naive but here it goes for lack of any better one: Sun increases the amount of melanine by the melanocites. Does it also increase the histamine granules by the mastocites? If it does, the charged mastocites will dump the histamine in the circulation during showering and there begins the itching.
Would like to hear any thoughts on this. Thanks. JF
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Hello, I was just experiencing an attack and came here to revisit for some support. I was wondering if you have any new developments? Insight? Did you do the study? I do have new information. 1. It gets worse as we age. 2. I believe it has an immune disfunction component: neuropathy? I have been battling a Connective tissue issue...RA with some overlaps not sure yet or maybe even scleroderma early stages.
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Hello all I've had the same problem but mine is induced by exercise or the sun. I took Allegra for 2 years and it went away. Some of you may have to take a half pill a day for the rest of your life to feel normal. Use the dollar tree brand.. works the same. Good luck to you all. Hope it helps!
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Hi everyone, and thanks for contributing to this thread! Very interesting to hear of fellow sufferers.
I just wanted to advise of a new post & study about this :
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Water allergy: a debilitating but thankfully rare condition
In the realm of medical anomalies, few conditions captivate curiosity and concern quite like aquagenic urticaria, commonly known as “water allergy”.
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