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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Yes, Thank You, I Have Had Severe Attacks Of Intense

Yes, thank you, I have had severe attacks of intense itching until the point that I was almost trembling and nervous, shakey! I'm sure because it involved my nervous system. It's usually around my ankles and feet I have been to the ER several times with no definitive explanation. It used to only happen when I was running or walking a few years ago and put on tennis shoes also whenI would wear certain boots I would get the same thing happen, haven't figured which boots causes it to happen. I know some of them were leather inners. I havent had this in a while so it just resurfaced. I'm 60 years old, my husband has athlete foot (fungus) and he puts his feet on me sometimes when we are in bed. Actually I think I was having this problem before I met my husband. However the itching is not just confined to my feet and ankles, it sometimes appear on my thighs, quite often, bust as of late have been on my fore arm, the last two attacks. IWhen it happens I will have to scratch rub, squeeze, brush, slap my skin for almost an hour. This is along with taking benadryl by the spoonfuls! It's neer after a hot bath! I also have heart palppitations almost everyday of my life almost the whole day for the last almost 3 years. I don't take anything for them, as my crdiologist had me on beta blocker which didn't do any good what so ever and my blood pressure is low so they took me of og the beta blockers. I do have alopecia spots in my head. I also have RLS and I associate them with my hot flashes. It seems Iike whenever I wake up with one (Hot flash) that's whn I notice that I'm having RLS symptom. I am menopausal. I also have some arthritis with hip pain. I cant stand to be hot at all! Neither can I stand to be too cold I almost shake when I'm cold. One more thing My left pinkie and ring finger has been going to sleep a lot, I wake up and they are both dead. You know feeling like they are tingling pins and needle feeling, but the difference with this is that It takes over and hour for me to get them to wake up and for the feeling to dissipate. I could pinch or bite on one of those fingers and I coud not feel it. I was told by a doctor about 20 years ago that I had poor circulation.
Sun, 1 Nov 2015
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