Hey everyone
I'm a FTM at 32 weeks and my stomach is INSANELY itchy. To the point where I can't help but scratch and have even bled a little by accident, from scratching so much. I've tried vitamin E oil, anti itch lotions and Palmers lotions. It is an everyday thing and is driving me nuts. I try so hard not to scratch but can't help it sometimes.
I know it's just that my little girl is gaining fat and is getting bigger and stretching my skin, making it itchy. Any suggestions are welcome! I'm in desperate need of something to make it stop itching so bad
Thanks!
Re: Insanely itchy!
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I actually called my doctor yesterday because the itching is just too intense. And I can't help but to scratch sometimes, I'm only human haha.
Anyway, they said to come in tomorrow at 2, and the nurse sounded concerned on the phone. Hopefully all goes well. I'll send an update tomorrow.
Wish me luck!
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PUPP looks like stretch marks on me, but they're raised and painfully itchy and darker in color than normal stretch marks.
This stupid itchy rash, can be treated with medicine, which he prescribed me. He suggest I first try this:
Step 1: Rotate every 3 hours between rubbung Caladryl on my belly & putting a small amount of 1% hydra cortisone on it. This goes on all day.
Step 2: take an Aveeno oatmeal bath at night followed by 50MG of Benadry.
I know it only been a day & a half but the rash is spreading to the upper half of my stomach and the only thing that's worked so far is the Caladryl. If it doesn't get better by tomorrow that's when I'll start the medicine.
Hope this helps anyone out there who may be experiencing the same symptoms!
That sounds exactly like Pupps. I had the same thing. Bumpy stretch marks and a rash of red tiny bumps all over. Ask your doctor about getting prescribed something for it. I tried everything else under the sun (Benadryl, Caladryl, Hydrocortisone) and nothing worked really well. I forget what they prescribed me, but it worked like a charm and I've been itch free for a few weeks now. Had it not gone away I don't know what I would have done. It's painfully itchy. Just horrible.
Also if you get cetaphil or other non-scented/tattoo cream that works well too.