Does this happen to anyone else, when I go through one of my (Sweaty Betty’s) as I call them my skin starts to itch (a prickly itch) it goes as soon as the sweat is over, neither is the skin red - does this happen to others.
It feels like I have fallen in the nettle bush (another one of life’s little joys)
Thanks
Poppy xx
Yes! I was told that it wasn’t proper Prickly Heat as I didn’t come out in hives, but it felt just like prickly flipping heat to me! It was awful and happened every time I had a hot flush.
Eventually I bypassed the cancer nurse specialist who suggested I ‘just put up with it’ and went to my oncology doctor who took me off Letrozole and put me on Exemestane. Not only did it stop the itchiness, but it also helped massively with the joint pain.
I still get hot flushes, but not as bad as they were before. The only additional side effect has been dizziness.
this was the kind of itch I got a couple of days ago below my breasts i.e. both of them. i have plastered the area with calamine lotion but I am now worried it could be mets. My skin felt rough and scaly a couple of days ago so I scatcged at it and now the itch is a hundred times worse.
i have now put on calamine lotion and am sleeping separately from my husband as he’s not washing and won’t wear pyjamas or anything in bed.