Desuetude
January 25th, 2012, 11:33 AM
I have had eczema all my life, when I was younger my parents used to literally have to tape up my hands to stop me from shredding myself. For the past 8 years it has been a pretty easy routine, I get it in the summer when it's hot and when I use bubble bath which I found out I'm allergic to.
This year it's started getting very bad and all winter I have been scratching until I draw blood then carry on. also I used to just scratch on arms and legs but now it's my hands, wrists, ankles and tummy as well, basically everywhere. I do it subconsciously and I don't really feel the pain and stinging sensation until afterwards and it's not until my dad hits my hands away that I remember to stop, but even then I just have the urge to scratch and carry on.
I use dibrobase, E45 and hydrocortisone and they don't help one bit. Some nights I'm up until the early hours of the morning just scratching with no way to stop it. I've been to the doctors a numerous amount of times and they just prescribe more creams which still make no difference and tell me not to scrath and believe me its easier said than done.
Tonight I've been scratching and not only have I drawn blood and now have a load of new scabs but all my old ones from cutting have been scratched off so I now have to wait for them to heal again as well. But I cannot stop scratching. Does anyone else have this problem or any way to help it without having to put creams on 24/7??
This year it's started getting very bad and all winter I have been scratching until I draw blood then carry on. also I used to just scratch on arms and legs but now it's my hands, wrists, ankles and tummy as well, basically everywhere. I do it subconsciously and I don't really feel the pain and stinging sensation until afterwards and it's not until my dad hits my hands away that I remember to stop, but even then I just have the urge to scratch and carry on.
I use dibrobase, E45 and hydrocortisone and they don't help one bit. Some nights I'm up until the early hours of the morning just scratching with no way to stop it. I've been to the doctors a numerous amount of times and they just prescribe more creams which still make no difference and tell me not to scrath and believe me its easier said than done.
Tonight I've been scratching and not only have I drawn blood and now have a load of new scabs but all my old ones from cutting have been scratched off so I now have to wait for them to heal again as well. But I cannot stop scratching. Does anyone else have this problem or any way to help it without having to put creams on 24/7??