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Posted 12/29/2013 5:13 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all--

My back and stomach began itching a couple of months ago. Initially I ignored it, but it's continued to worsen until I can no longer ignore it. The itching has even awakened me in the night. I have scratched so much that my tummy and back are covered with little scabs.

I began dry brushing before Epsom salt detox baths, thinking I might need to detoxify, and noticed the itchiness was worse afterward. I tried organic coconut oil on my skin, thinking it might be dry skin itchiness, with no improvement.

The symptom began a couple of months (or so?) after I began taking Mag-Ox. Could there be a correlation between the itchiness and magnesium?

I read through the following thread, but hoped I might receive some direct feedback.
https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=2454088

Thank you!
Posted 12/29/2013 8:02 PM (GMT 0)
I have itching as well and it's not from magnesium. It has ramped up since going on an intensive herbal protocol but I've had it for a while now.

I highly suspect it's from the Lyme or Bart as I can't see it being from anything else plus it's been one of my main herxes since starting this protocol.

Do you also get these itchy bumps that erupt out of the blue? That's been going on with me for a real long time but my first tick bite was a good 20 years ago.
Posted 12/29/2013 8:49 PM (GMT 0)
My daughter has a lot of itchiness on her arms and some on her torso and legs. She had a bunch of small red bumps. They vary from day to day and nothing has helped so far.
Posted 12/29/2013 11:22 PM (GMT 0)
Just simply because it's such an issue when we do get it, be sure that you aren't dealing with Candida. If it goes to the skin form, it can cause itching.

One way to know if it's the Mag-ox that's causing your itchiness though is to eliminate it for a couple of weeks, then start back up on it. It the itchiness calms or goes away while you are off of the Mag-ox, but returns when you restart it, then you have your answer! Although I do hope that it's not the Mag-ox!
Posted 12/30/2013 12:04 AM (GMT 0)
Unfortunately, it could be any number of things. See what the dermatologist thinks. I treat my rash with warm water compresses (don't do that for Candida) and plain zinc oxide (no scent). The rash doesn't go away, but those treatments keep it in check.

Margaret
Posted 12/30/2013 12:48 AM (GMT 0)
I started fluconazole and nystatin on Dec. 27 for candida, but didn't realize it had a "skin form." That seems like a better fit than the mag-ox. Thank you!
Posted 12/30/2013 1:58 AM (GMT 0)
Also consider the possibility of liver distress...as elevated liver enzyme levels on blood test can be correlated with increased skin itchiness...

And then there is the possibility of allergic reaction...my reaction to sulfa based antibiotics is increased itchy skin and a whole bunch of fine red lines all over my torso & legs. The doctor said this was a rash and that I could not take sulfa drugs because I am allergic.
Posted 12/30/2013 2:03 AM (GMT 0)
Razzle,

Fine red lines sound more like Bart streaks. Bactrim does hit Bart so I'm surprised your doc wouldn't recognize that.
Posted 12/30/2013 3:27 PM (GMT 0)
The lines were like pieces of red sewing thread laid out on my skin, each thread was about 1/8 inch apart from the next one...it looked nothing like the Bart. streaks I've seen on websites...

I know this does not mean I wasn't having a Bart. die-off too, but I have since found out I'm severely intolerant to many forms of sulfur (due to methylation genomic variants) and so it is probably just as well I list sulfa as an allergy.

The doc who put me on the sulfa had no clue about Lyme, and I had no idea I had Lyme or Bart. at the time...
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