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Posted 11/19/2012 4:46 AM (GMT 0)
Hey all - I have had many challenges with detoxing. I know lots of you love your soaking baths and foot baths but my issue with both is besides the massive herxing with baths and the nausea after the foot soaks, my skin gets irritated.

When I do the baths my lower half of my body gets red and irritated (down there where the sun don't shine!), even when I take a shower after to rinse off. My hair line at the nape of my neck also gets irritated if the water line hits there. As for the foot soaks, the cayenne pepper and ginger soaks and the epson salt soaks seem to make my ankles itch along the hair line. I generally wouldn't consider my skin to be so sensitive but since all of my bladder issues started, everything down there started to get bad (haven't had any bladder issues in 6+ months other then some yeast infections since on abx). After my recent Vit. C IV, I found my skin itching along with some herxing. So I guess my skin is having issues now. I know that your skin is a major detox pathway.

I'm wondering if anyone else has had itching and sensitive skin after some of these detoxing and if there are any recommendations. Could this just be candida related or detox/herxing related? I am on diflucan and abx and diligently follow an anti-candida diet. I just want to get my skin back to its normal so that I can do everything I can to help my body detox better.

Thanks!
Posted 11/19/2012 1:23 PM (GMT 0)
Have you got any issues with your Liver?

I know that certain Liver conditions can cause itching.

Or, maybe you are over sensitive to the ginger or the cayenne pepper?
I would try the foot soaks just with Epsom Salts and hydrogen peroxide and see what happens.

Hope you get to the "bottom" of this soon.

Tickled
Posted 11/19/2012 4:02 PM (GMT 0)
Oh Tickled! That was a baaad joke!! LOL!!! But -of course- it got a giggle out of me!!!

Justascarf2, I would recommend what Tickled recommended about leaving out the ginger and cayenne and just using epsom salt and peroxide. That's all I use too, because if I add in other things, it causes me to herx - still. eyes

I would also like to ask how long you are staying in the water - for both the full bath and foot soaks - and the temp of the water you are using. You may be just rather sensitive and may only need to adjust a few things in order to keep on using these methods to detox.

Also, are you doing the dry skin brushing?
Posted 11/20/2012 2:47 AM (GMT 0)
Hey Tickled. You are too funny! Traveler, when I do the full baths, I do only epsome salts and perxoide. I always dry brush before any soak or bath. I do a luke warm bath as I've found the warmer the more herxing and I've had to keep the qty of epsome salts and peroxides low. As for the foot soaks, I find that I'm using much hotter water. So with that maybe I can go more mild temp. What I need to do is buy a thermometer to see what the temps really are.

Do you know if it's better to go cooler water or less epsome salts? Just curious. This is all very strange to me. I used to take very hot baths and feel wiped after but never sensitive down under. But these days I am. I've always been a girl who needs to moisturize my arms, legs and hands as they get dry easily but as I went more down hill I have had lots more problems with dry eyes, mouth, etc.

And Tickled, I have my liver panel done every month and it's always normal. Good thought though. I guess this is just me and a strange part of who I now am with all of this. I had never had a yeast infection or a single bladder issue. All of the sudden, one day I woke up and ran to the bathroom almost every hour and woke up 3 times that night. I thought it was due to a bad batch of omega 3 caps. But when it didn't stop after I stopped taking the caps and they thought I had blood in my urine (though after more thorough tests there was nothing there), things went south below. Since that point I've been to PT for bladder issues, a nephrologist to rule out kidney issues, my endocrynologist to rule out diabetes insipidus, multiple OBs to rule out issues there (including tests and high tech ultrasounds with balloons and water - crazy stuff), and a urologist to rule out bladder issues. about 10 yeast infections later (even pre abx) it's been an up and down, mostly down battle below. It's better then a year ago but not sure what's up. Was convinced that something move in down below and has tried to take over my bladder and other organs below. Oh well, yet another mystery that will hopefully some day be solved! How I long to have all of this behind me.
Posted 11/20/2012 12:51 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all,

Tickled, you crack me up!  LOLOL!

Justascarf, I'm curious to what you use to clean your tub?  Sometimes the cleaner a person uses leaves traces even though we think we washed the tub really good...   

I happen to use white vinegar (I put it in a spray bottle).  I use baking soda for those rough spots.

Same goes with the basin you are using for the foot bath. 

I don't like the cleaners I used to use such as Clorox, Lysol, Scrubbing Bubbles, etc.  Too many chemicals.

Here's one link about natural cleaning products:

http://housekeeping.about.com/od/environment/a/Homemade-And-Natural-Cleaning-Products.htm

As far as moisturing your skin, that may be another problem.  I like olive oil!  It's natural and gets absorbed through the pores into our body, very healthy!  No more chemical products.  Natural honey is another good one.

http://www.dailyglow.com/natural-remedies-for-moisturizing-dry-skin.html

Just a thought,

Denise

Posted 11/20/2012 4:07 PM (GMT 0)
I would suggest that you go with lowering the water temp, not the amount of Epsom salts that you use.

Lyme likes to "take cover" in the bladder, eyes and a few other places, so you having issues with those parts would be in line with that.

I sure wouldn't discount the possibility of Candida though! You can add kefir into your routine to help get the candida under control and to help rebuild your good intestinal bacteria. Just remember to not take it within 2 hours of taking your abx.

I use coconut oil to moisturize my skin. It has all kinds of good things that it helps with and it's not highly processed with all kinds of chemicals and fragrances added - and it smells yummy!! LOL!

I also went through a time of dry eyes, and it pops back up every once in a while. There's no need to suffer with that as well - go get some eye drops - just be sure that they are for 'sensitive' eyes, as it has less boric acid that can make your eyes sting.
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