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Jun 01, 2004 - 8:37 am
Hubby is calling the onc dr. about this today but getting an appointment with him is difficult. Hubby is taking Xeloda and some blood pressure meds that he has taken for a long time. He is also taking some diuretics given for congestive heart failure. The problem is all of a sudden he has this awful itchy rash on his arms. We first said it was the sun so he began wearing long sleeve shirts but it is getting worse and only on his hands and arms. None on his face of top of his head (very little hair :)! He is concerned and like I said calling dr today but I believe the friends in the semi-colon family more and it is easier to get an appointment with you folks than with our dr. Any ideas? Your help as always will be appreciated. Thanks |
Joined: Apr 2003
Mornin', pjenks -
Could be a reaction to meds, could be food, could be your laundry soap - have you changed that recently? Lots of meds make you light sensitive.
If you can't get in with your onc, maybe you could try a dermatologist or even call your pharmacist and have him/her check on interactions. Last resort, you could always call your poison control center and see if they can check their PDR for interactions that would cause that sort of reaction.
In the mean time, I recommend slathering him down with honey. It won't do anything about the rash, but he'll sure be sweet.
Be well
- SpongeBob
Joined: Dec 2003
Hi, hope you are able to talk with doc about the rash...the backs of my hands are really senstive to the sun, but I just have itchy, discolored big blotches. Sun block and long sleeves are a must for me; I just bought the coolest long pants, very light nylon with sunblock equiv of 30. So, might be sun, but I'd check with doc re meds, too. Regar