Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Thu Mar 7, 2013, 08:14 PM Mar 2013

Do I get a prize for most annoying condition ?

My sjogren's has left my skin itchy while at the same time breaking my nails to the quick to I can't scratch!

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Do I get a prize for most annoying condition ? (Original Post) hedgehog Mar 2013 OP

oh yikes, that must be frustrating LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #1

I got put on disability so I stay home every day all day NightWatcher Mar 2013 #2

Oh, that must be maddening kdmorris Mar 2013 #3

Get your renal function tested Warpy Mar 2013 #4

It's just an itchy spot in the middle of my back where I can't reach with the lotion - hedgehog Mar 2013 #6

I was going to suggest something similar to a hair brush too, but better! Up2Late May 2013 #7

Until KC Mar 2013 #5

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)

1. oh yikes, that must be frustrating

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2013, 08:20 PM

Mar 2013

I wish you luck in finding a good solution to this

NightWatcher

(39,360 posts)

2. I got put on disability so I stay home every day all day

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2013, 09:11 PM

Mar 2013

Yet due to liver and kidney disease and a medicine I take......I can't drink beer!!!

It's like that episode of the Twilight Zone where Burgess Meredith gets all the books but breaks his glasses.

kdmorris

(5,649 posts)

3. Oh, that must be maddening

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2013, 09:12 PM

Mar 2013

Probably better for you skin not to scratch, but what are you to do when it itches so badly!! Have any sort of moisturizers helped?

Warpy

(113,131 posts)

4. Get your renal function tested

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2013, 10:08 PM

Mar 2013

Itchy skin isn't a part of Sjogren's, generally speaking. If your renal function is OK, lotions can help the dry skin that is a part of Sjogren's.

In any case, use a hairbrush, it's kinder to your skin than fingernails are. Plus, it will help you reach the unreachable spots on an itchy back.

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

6. It's just an itchy spot in the middle of my back where I can't reach with the lotion -

Reply to Warpy (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 10:51 AM

Mar 2013

not a real problem, just an annoyance. But hardly up there with being home all day and not able to drink beer!

I saw something cute the other day - people with Sjogren's can't cry, so we have to laugh!

Up2Late

(17,797 posts)

7. I was going to suggest something similar to a hair brush too, but better!

Reply to Warpy (Reply #4)

Sun May 19, 2013, 03:56 AM

May 2013

I have a Pedicure multi-tool that has a brush and a pumice stone on one end and a fine sandpaper and a rough metal callous sander on the other end. I have a small patch of rough skin just above my elbow that itches that won't go away, this won't really fix it, but it keeps me from ripping at it with my nails.

KC

(1,995 posts)

5. Until

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 03:59 AM

Mar 2013

about a month or so ago you were the first and only person that I had heard of having this. I went to get my eyes checked and the woman that worked there had it as well. Hers was bad too, plus she also had RA. I felt really bad for her too. It must be really horrible!

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