hep c

[trtinker]

I have hep c and I am so ichy,very flakey skin on legs,arms,back.

[fretboard]

Thanks again for that very informative link Will, pics and everything!!.  Hey fellow heppers, if you have some strange looking stuff appear on your body take a look at this link, you never know.  Even if you don't have anything, you can never be too knowledgable about HepC et al.  greets~


http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1134161-clinical

[HepCTn]

I had to vaseline my skin I was greasy as a car engine. I tried a lot of stuff and that worked for me. Drink water if you can, sometimes drinking water would make me vomit so small glasses every so often. Good luck.

[fretboard]

I too itch like crazy but only on my left leg.  Plus I have dry flaky skin on both my hands and especially on my lower legs and feet.  It ***** but I live with it and I'm not on tx.  I seldom use anything on my skin because lotions and all that type of stuff really doesn't benefit me.  At least not for longer than an hour or so.  Thanks for the link willbb!!

[willbb]

Itching(pruritus) and dry flaky skin been shown to be a cutaneous condition  in approx 15% of patients with HCV.

Will

.http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1134161-clinical

Patients also present with symptoms that are less specific and are often unaccompanied by discrete dermatologic findings. Pruritus and urticaria are examples of less specific clues to underlying HCV infection in the appropriate setting
Chronic hepatitis C may be associated with pruritus to the extent that some authorities believe that patients with unexplained pruritus should be investigated for HCV infection.[18]

[bjack59]

Before I started treatment, actually before i even knew i had hep c, i went for over a year, itching every waking hour - went to derm, they had no idea and what they gave me did no good.  in fact after research about it, i discovered it was a symptom of something to do with the liver .Now i am off treatment and still itch, but not all of the time.The only thing that helped me at one point was the Gold's powder.  Now I use Eucerin Calming Cream. Hope this helps.

[Jak_]

Are you on treatment? I'm ichy, flakey skin, etc., same as you, but I'm on Interferon and Ribavirin. I think the Ribavirin causes this.
Jak