Itchy feet!

[Tinkerpuss]

Every so often (like today) I get an absolutely terribly itchy spot on the sole of one of my feet. N amount of scratching relieves it nor do creams like Lanacane.
The itch seems to be deep under the skin and can last as long as 2 or 3 days.
I don't feel it warrants bothering my doctor about it and I just wondered if anyone else suffers from this problem or has found a way of relieving it?
I am a lady in my late 50's.

[gness]

At the same age as you I developed the same problem. Right foot only and couldn`t see a thing. It would wake me at night and I wore a hole in the top stair carpet trying to relieve it. Eventually I asked the doctor who, with the help of a magnifying glass! diagnosed eczema. Never had that before. Prescribed cream helped but still returns slightly. Lots of foot cream and one foot out of the bed at night helps.

[flump1]

Hi Tinkerpuss, might it be a touch of athlete's foot ? That can cause the most horrible itch and drive anybody potty. You don't need much of a flare up to be uncomfortable.

[woofgang]

Have you got a cat? Occasionally I get a dog hair that works into the skin on the sole of a foot and itches like fire. It takes a magnifying glass to see it and tweezers to pull it out. Odd time one inflames (about twice ever) then its easy to see as you get a red mark where the hair is.

[Tinkerpuss]

Thanks folks, I have had athlete's foot in the past and this is very different. Eczema is a possibility but I actually do have a cat and had never thought of possibly having got a hair that has worked it's way into my skin.
I'm off to look for a magnifying glass!