Dear Diary: I Fixed My Itchy Skin Today

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My skin had been so itchy last night and fortunately I have the remedy for it. I discovered this technique when I was suffering from high phosphorus in my system which I myself wasn't aware of the cause because we weren't taught about what to eat or not to eat in our diets.

Had I known about the restrictions in my diet beforehand I would not end up in this condition where I have to suffer from Leontiasis which was brought about by imbalance in my phosphorus-calcium in my body. It then lead to my parathyroid to get overactive and thus making my bone leach calcium which is a mechanism to balance out the said body chemicals in my blood.

But I do not think that it was the issue in my body right now because I am medicating myself with phosphate binder and Cinacalcet. The issue right now is the weather actually because the dry air makes me skin itch and when I do scratch it the itching gets worse.

I have to endure it until my mother gets up this morning so I requested from her a tied-up bagful of hot water. I would then put it inside a thin cloth and that I will use to dab my skin that is itching until it goes away.

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Hot Water Is My Remedy For Itching

My eyes just roll with relief when the itching intensifies after the application of hot water compress and it is followed by pain then the itching stops and then I would relocate the hot bag in another area of my skin to do the process again. After a while I am itch-free and that will last for hours.

Not many patients know this technique in dialysis and most does not know what is the cause and remedy for it because of the mediocre medical service in my country. But this technique is a good way to relieve one's self from itching without the unsanitary scratching because it is just not good to scratch, it doesn't relive anything but rather makes the itching worse.

And of course diet and medication plays an important role so that a patient won't get a phosphorus-induced kind of itching, it is just the cold weather made my skin itch lately so I am glad that I have a way to relieve it and it works good.