Heat and itchy skin

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  • Heather MM
    Heather MM Member Posts: 4
    edited November 2019 #42
    Found something that helps my prickly skin

    My pin prickles happened whenever I had a hot flash Or would sweat.  It started about one month after chemo ended. They were absolutely agonizing for nine months. I talked to my oncologist but he had never heard of such a thing and sent me to a neurologist to test for neuropathy. A friend of mine and I were talking about hair loss and she suggested I take the supplement hair, skin and nails. I started taking it and noticed that my pin prickles went away. I had seen a neurologist,  had all sorts of different tests done. Only for him to say it was not a neurological problem. I have continued  taking hair skin and nails and am almost pain-free. The days I forget to take the hair skin and nails the pin pickles come back as bad as they ever were. I still have hot flashes but they don't hurt. Before I felt like I had thousands of slivers or pins jabbing me all at the same time. 

  • anniemshe
    anniemshe Member Posts: 91 Member
    #43
    What is this supplement

    What is this supplement called? 

  • Katek01
    Katek01 Member Posts: 1
    edited May 2020 #44
    Prickly skin

    Also have prickly skin issue. No rash, no hot flashes, but triggered by sun or heat (when cooking, etc). Just finishing breast cancer (Her2+) treatment: chemo  (taxotere/carboplatin/perjeta, herceptin) last fall, then lumpectomy, then 5 weeks radiation. Continuing w/ Herceptin every 3 weeks until July. This SE just manifested - I think it's the Herceptin. Oat-based lotion helps. I'm going to also try aloe vera & hair-skin-nails supplement. What is brand name? 

  • Mariangel43
    Mariangel43 Member Posts: 79
    #45
    Itchy skin

    I have been having very strong periods of itchy skin.  I didn't associate the AI med with itch. 

    The period started as nasal congestion and a constant itchy nose. Then, when nasal congestion was the strongest, the eyes also itched and were inflamed and congested. After a few days, my upper torso began to itch and I still feel a burning sensation in my skin, especially my back. Some days I can't sleep because, the more my skin sweats, the worse is the itchy period.  I am using steroids (prednisone) to control attacks but I can't keep taking that pill.

    Heat increases the itch and I live in the Tropic. I will tell the alergist doc to check on the AI.  I was considering changing it because my feet are swollen and have constant pain. I don't want a thrombo in my legs and the insufficiency syndrome is developing with the AI. 

  • Raney
    Raney Member Posts: 1
    edited August 2020 #46
    Prickly heat

    Hi everyone

    I had a lumpectomy last September then chemotherapy from November to March this year. A course of radiotherapy followed.  I am now taking letrozole every day to inhibit hormone production but I too have prickly heat as the rest of you describe.  It is absolute torture!  Does anyone know if this is permanent?  Will we ever be able to enjoy the sun again? 

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