My fingers have been quite busy the past few weeks. Quite agile and I wish I had 10 more of them during the nights. The itching and scratching was so worse that I couldn't manage with 2 hands and was worried I would have rashes all over, which I did eventually, as souvenirs of my first pregnancy.
I was forewarned by a friend that the area around the tummy gets a little itchy as the skin stretches itself. But within days the itchiness spread to arms, legs and thighs. Forgot to mention this to the doctor, so I did a little research myself and was alarmed to find that this could lead to a serious ocndition in some cases causing babies to be still born. Apparently, this is caused by lack of secretion of bile juice from the liver. I mentioned this to the doc today and she confirmed the same and prescribed me a tablet and that seems to help a little bit. But what helped the most since last week were these:
- Shed all tight clothes. Wear only loose cotton clothes.
- Avoid soap altogether. Soap increases the itchy feeling around the rashes.
- Apply oil with a dash of turmeric everyday while talking bath and remove the oil using payatham maavu (powdered moong ki dal).
- Drink barley water
- apply mosituriser
- Stay away from dust. what caused the maximum irritation in my case was the dust in upholsetry and furniture. Strange as it may sound but the skin is very sensitive now.
Medication for Sctracthy/Itchy skin
Here's a tablet prescribed by my Gynaecologist that helped a great deal:
The tablet is called Udiliv to be had once every night. This is to help in the secretion of bile juice (if thats the reason for your itchy skin). Consult your doctor before consuming this tablet.
Here are a few links that might help:
Itchy skin
skin changes during pregnancy
Why have my stretch marks started to itch?
Categories: itching, scratching, rashes, skin, pregnancy
