Itchy skin

Hi everybody,
I haven't been here for a few months. The huge fatigue, brain fog/memory/cognition and depression cleared for the most part. My active EBV cleared along with that from the protocol I was using. I am now on Goldenseal 2 caps 4/day, high doses of DHA, garlic, parsley, no sugar, gluten free,60 oz water, all for the last 3 three weeks to kill of bacteria and parasites. I've been experiencing itchy limbs, legs, scalp on and off and the last two days so much so that I feel welt lines from scratching, not hives. It's so crazy itchy it doesn't relieve. Not sure if it is die off or an allergic reaction to Golden Seal. Any thoughts. Today I used a green clay paste and which helped a bit. Any thoughts?? Will call practitioner tomorrow if still bad.

This was done with muscle testing I assume it could be candida albicans and probably other fungus? The only thing is Golden Seal/Berberine can stimulate bile secretion and I wonder if that ever reaches the skin to cause itching. Also, I did test positive for Bartinella this past year on the FISH.

Goldenseal is what I use any time I get a sinus infection, as it's an excellent herbal abx for mucus membranes. Based on this, I would think you could easily be deAling with something like Candida, which also can make your skin itchy.

Pirouette created a very informative post about yeast fungal issues and it's posted at the bottom of page 2 of the "New to Lyme?" thread that would likely provide some insight.

Thanks you all for you input. Hope you are maintaining your health, too!

Itchy skin is a common symptom of lymphoma, along with brain fog, fatigue and many others you mentioned.

http://www.webmd.com/cancer/lymphoma/understanding-non-hodgkins-lymphoma-symptoms

What if itching comes along with a rash? That's my case. I've noticed a rash on the back of my hands a couple days ago, it's started spreading and now I have it on my chest and stomach as well. It's itchy and when I scratch, the rash turns into wide red spots or 'scratch marks'.

I was thinking it might be an allergic reaction to doxy (I started taking it last Wednesday, before that I had been on Cefuroxime, Tinidazole and Plaquenil for two weeks and I was fine until I included doxy; but maybe it was a coincidence). I also started taking a few new supplements: Nattokinase/Serrapeptase, Sarsaparilla and NAC at the same time I started doxy. Could it be allergies? I also thought it might be a manifestation of Bart which I'm not even sure I have, but some of the symptoms match. According to this article: www.lyme-symptoms.com/CoInfectionsMycoplasma.html mycoplasmosis can also cause this and I DO have myco...

Or maybe it's just toxins overload manifestating on my skin? I'm so sorry to bother you with my questions so often, but I can't contact my LLMD now and it's all stressful for me...

Post Edited (April_Ryan) : 11/13/2016 3:25:10 AM (GMT-7)

I'm going thru the same thing. It's awful. Traveler mentioned that Wild Oats Milky Seed helped with the horrible itching. I think mine is from Bartonella, but it could be parasites. Right now I am using apple cider vinegar and dabbing it on the itchy parts on my legs and for right now it seems to help better than anything else. I have the time to dab since I'm not working right now. I'll start the Wild Oats Milky Seeds when it comes. I'm sure it will take awhile for it to work Of course, I have time to dab away the minute the first itch starts.

I have suffered from this for years and thought I just had dry skin but nothing helped.