Aspergers and Itching Attacks?

[Dusty285]

Wow I wonder if being hyperglycemic would do the same?

Hyperglycemic and Hypoglycemic are serious diabetic conditions. Normal hormonal interaction keeps blood sugar levels very close to a norm. Variation from the normal narrow range needs be dealt with. Your doctor can do a blood test. Often he will overcharge. If you know anyone who is diabetic and does regular blood tests on themself you might ask for a test on their meter. Each test uses (should use) a unique one-time throwaway tiny blade and a one-time throwaway test strip. A drop of blood may terrorize you. Sorry. It is necessary. Won't hurt. The reading will tell if you have a problem. Diabetes is super serious. A majority of persons, especially teenagers and young adults, discover they have diabetes because they were brought unconscious to an Emergency Room. Don't let that happen to you.

 

[zurb]

I also have a pretty bad Gluten sensitivity and did not know that it could be related.

Dermatitis Herpetiformis (the rash that goes with coeliac/celiac) is like small blisters and is intensely itchy. But it isn't always recognised by doctors. My father's wasn't recognised until he was finally sent to a specialist in his sixties.

 

[Sthira]

My 5 year-old son itches quite a bit. He has some allergies and food sensitivities, but we're working pretty hard (dairy free, gluten free diet, etc.) to deal with those issues and he still itches. It is pretty clear to me that it is at least in part stress-related. For example, very often when he get's frustrated, is denied something, is being reprimanded for something, etc. he'll say "you're making me itch." But he'll also itch when he's settling down to bed and things are very mellow; so it is not entirely stress related

 

[AsperDragon]

My feet often itch. I often wake up in the morning with my feet covered in scratches from scratching them with my toenails.
Also, whenever i get bitten by a mosquito, it swells up to the size of large coins.

 

[ancusmitis]

I get terrible dry skin in the winter. I try to drink lots of water and use vaseline on my back, which helps some. But I still itch a lot. Summer I don't have this issue.

 

[Gingerpickles]

I get phases of itchiness that cause insommnia, my son recently went out of control and ripped off part of his face for a month straight before i finally taped his hands inside gloves for 3 nights so I could apply liquid bandaid so thick it was unpeelable until the flesh had time to recover and reject it off. I felt bad but docs saying "nothing can be done but drugs was bad" Accidentally found out my moms numbing creme works (for fsitula site) so now use a neuropathy creme for us both called 'Two Old Goats". We can now sleep in peace on itchy weeks. We have an autoimmune blood disorder and migraines so it is all likely related somehow. We also scratch at "uneven places" on skin but where I have control over myself, my son will OCD pick and pick at the region.

 

[Beverly]

I get phases of itchiness that cause insommnia, my son recently went out of control and ripped off part of his face for a month straight before i finally taped his hands inside gloves for 3 nights so I could apply liquid bandaid so thick it was unpeelable until the flesh had time to recover and reject it off. I felt bad but docs saying "nothing can be done but drugs was bad" Accidentally found out my moms numbing creme works (for fsitula site) so now use a neuropathy creme for us both called 'Two Old Goats". We can now sleep in peace on itchy weeks. We have an autoimmune blood disorder and migraines so it is all likely related somehow. We also scratch at "uneven places" on skin but where I have control over myself, my son will OCD pick and pick at the region.

Two Old Goats is wonderful stuff, I use that cream as well. It will ease itching, calm over sensitive nerves that just want to be touchy, for lack of a better description, ease arthritis or even a strain. I get idiopathic itching on my back, so sharp it almost feels like tiny needles or insect stings. it's a stress reaction to having even a single shed hair of mine inside my blouse and, touching my back. I have long hair so, you can imagine how common that is - almost everyday.

Now it isn't a big deal, I figured it out a few years ago, usually removing the hair stops the itch put, if it doesn't, Two Old Goats does.

 

[Mayraestrada872]

My daugther have asperger, and she have momments when she get itchy and scratch so harder sometimes i ask to her why? This is new for me, i will thank if somebody give me some counselling about the asperger.

 

[Astroganga]

I suffered with itching all my life, tried cutting out foods, changing detergents, going all natural/homemade with household products, nothing really helped. I also had ENT issues. Three years ago I went vegan for ethical reasons and also to see if it would help the ENT issues (it did, completely). The itching didn't go away overnight, but did gradually until I ate some soup that had milk protein in by accident, BAM awful itching attack. It was milk protein all along, and looking back some of the washing powders and other products I switched to contained milk products. Because I don't have itching anymore I have discovered I have a contact allergy to milk as well, if I just wash out a cup that had milk in, I come out in an itchy red swollen rash everywhere, anything from a few hours later to two days later.

 

[David Larson]

Do you live in a dry climate? It gets pretty dry in the winter here in Minnesota and I get itching attacks. All I do is use my trusty Gold Bond lotion - you know, the kind Shaq uses so it's socially acceptable for men. Off-topic, but I bet he goes through a bottle a day. That guy's HUGE.