PUPPP ?

kdarden15 · March 2014

Ok--so I have rashes all over my body. Though I am having blood tests done one Monday, my dr. and midwife are pretty sure it PUPPP.

My google research shows it is most common in first pregnancies, boys, and multiples, so I was doomed :-)

Someone please tell me that you have a magical solution to help out with this horrible itching!?

Any ideas?

AmandaG47 · March 2014

Hi! My wife just gave birth to our twins and had pupps the last couple weeks. It was AWFUL for her, but a couple things made it significantly better: triamcinelone (steroid cream) and Vistaril (similar to benedryl but worked better). I really hope you can find some relief! Oh, and hers went away within 24 hours of birth

j&j508 · March 2014

I had PUPPS with my twins three years ago. My liver was doing ok enough that they didn't do prescriptions, so I made it through the last three weeks by googling

and figuring out the following:

Warm showers 2x/day (would start cold, then switch to very warm but still safe to stop itching)
Pine tar soap (smells like camping, but it works! you can find it at Whole Foods)
After the shower, I would cover myself in Gold Bond cooling lotion. Other people suggest Sarna, but the Gold Bond stuff worked best for me
All of that would make me cold, so I would immediately get dressed and bundle up!
Drink hot water with lemon (helps detox)
Lots of water

That gave me some relief. My OB also suggested benedryl, but that did nothing for me. I ended up trying Claritin, and that did help. But of course, check with your OB first.

If you google, you will also find dandelion root supplements suggested. I didn't feel comfortable with that, but it's an option.

JTA2426 · March 2014

I had awful, awful puppp. I took vistaril, cool oatmeal baths, and slathered myself in hydrocortisone cream. I would still scratch myself until I bled in my sleep.

It was also my first pregnancy, twins, and boys. Getting hot/ sweating made it way worse and so sometimes I would cover myself in aloe and stand in front of the fan. Seriously. It went away about a month PP, although I think I was in the minority- it's supposed to disappear quickly after delivery. Hope that helps... So sorry you're dealing with it!

bumpuser924057 · March 2014

Absolutely nothing helped, and I tried every remedy including a five day oral prednisone taper as a last resort. My poor body was a mess. The rash started fading within days of the delivery, but I still itched for quite some time.

Wishing35 · March 2014

No magical solution but a few things that helped. I used pine tar soap which I got from whole foods or you can order from amazon. Gold bonds cream that came in an orange pump bottle don't remember the name. A lot of cold showers! Eventually when I got really desperate I begged for a steroid cream.

kdarden15 · March 2014

Thank you all SO much for the help!

Ok--so I now have Gold Bond cream, ice packs, aloe, oatmeal, and benedryl spray. Up next will be pine tar soap and steroid creams.

This is really tough, and since I didn't even know it was a possibility, I think it threw me for a loop mentally too. I was up itching and in tears last night wondering how I could make it much longer like this. Now I feel like I am armed with some solutions to help, even if it still itches some. Muted itching is better than the extreme itching I was feeling.

I also appreciate the general support/sympathy. It is really terrible feeling to itch all the time!

AJC&Maggie · March 2014

Yes, I had it with my first pregnancy! Terrible!!! I was actually cracked open and bleeding right through my work slacks. I lived on Benadryl and sarna cream. It's sucks, but it doesn't last forever!

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