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Help Requested for 91 Year Old Father With Increasingly Itchy SkinPosted By Ray (Oviedo, Florida) on 11/06/2015
He has been to 5 dermatologists and 2 GP's and nothing they have given him has helped. Creams and antidepressant drugs.
He has tried everything listed on Earth Clinic and nothing has worked. He takes cold showers 2 times a day for some relief and then again at 3 AM so he can get another 3 hours of sleep. For the first 5 years he used Vaseline and then it stopped working. He puts lotion on after each shower. With the cold showers he is always cold so he keeps his house at 80 degrees year round. He is 5'6" and 130 lbs. He eats very healthy. He never ate fast food. Just meat, potatoes and vegetables. He never drank water just coffee or tea. Now he just drinks black tea. Water and apple cider vinegar 2 times a day.
He has no skin diseases. He takes 50 mg blood pressure pill morning and night. He was off the blood pressure pills for a week but still had the itch. He takes 2 1/2 mg cholesterol pill twice a day. All his blood test are ok. There is no liver disease. He has had a full body scan and several MRI's. There has been no help from the doctors.
He can't get in a bathtub because he can't get up by himself. So he can't soak in baking soda or vinegar or other things listed.
Any ideas would be appreciated. Thank you, Ray
Replied by Waltz (India) on 11/08/2015
He will need to take lots of Vitamin C. I have taken upto 20 grams of Vitamin C per day and it cures completely the itching within a couple of days. If that dosage does not work, you can keep increasing Vitamin C until diarrhea occurs. This helped my 72 year old father too for his all over body itching. And yes, water intake should be increased too. Hope this helps
Replied by Gtcharlie (Los Angeles , Ca ) on 11/07/2015
Requiring a 91 yr old to take those cholesterol pills is Joke of the Year!
Statins destroyed collagen in your body which cause dry skin and itch. They thin your skin so much that you can almost see your own veins!
Replied by Samrin (Saudi Arabia) on 11/08/2015
Replied by Om (Hope, Bc Canada) on 11/09/2015
Please see "Rukshana (UK) of 11/04/2015 on EC
You will definitely find what your father needs.
Namaste, Om
