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Itchy nipples
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This is a genuine question for those who think I may be joking.
For about the past 4 weeks I have had itchy nipples & sometimes itching of the whole of the breast(s). Sometimes I have an itchy scalp and the last week my stomach has started itching.
I have not been using any different chemical products such as washing powder, bath oils etc. (No, I haven't got headlice either..)
Any ideas. I am also sneezing a lot with an itchy runny nose - so obviously this is some sort of allergic reaction, but it is dumbfounding me as to what.
For about the past 4 weeks I have had itchy nipples & sometimes itching of the whole of the breast(s). Sometimes I have an itchy scalp and the last week my stomach has started itching.
I have not been using any different chemical products such as washing powder, bath oils etc. (No, I haven't got headlice either..)
Any ideas. I am also sneezing a lot with an itchy runny nose - so obviously this is some sort of allergic reaction, but it is dumbfounding me as to what.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Please also remember that scratching an itch makes it itch more because you irritate the skin. The doc told me to 'pat 'an itch rather than scratch it. Paracetamol works well for soothing itching (same nerves cause itching as cause pain).
I would try hard to stop the scratching - wear scratch mits like babies do!!!!
I would try hard to stop the scratching - wear scratch mits like babies do!!!!
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Right. So. Tomorrow I shall come in to work with scratch mittens and pat my breasts rather than scrat at them. I shall take regular Paracetamol which, along with the Beechams Flu-Plus, may make me rather dopey. Work will be most impressed.... !
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sounds like hormones to me salla. i wore out a number of bras scratching itchy nipples during those wonderful perimenopausal years. and due to hair thinning at around the same terrific time of life i suffered from an itchy scalp too. of course, you could be far, far too young for what i'm suggesting and if you are i apologise. but if you're somewhere between 40 and 50 then i'd say it's your hormones.
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Actually, I didn't like to suggest it, but I was thinking perimenopause because I ended up having three weeks off work with severe itching (which I scratched and ended up with a horrible skin infection all over). It was put down to perimenopause and suggested I go on HRT, but that's another story. I was 48 at the time!!!!
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