Wellness

[hckynut]

@GoneButNotForgotten 

Have you ever been in a cast for 6-8 weeks? Your thread title says it all.

hckynut 

[noodleann]

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@LuvmyLab wrote:

My ears have been itching since May!  My doctor says there is no infection, no build up, she can find nothing wrong. Have tried prescription medications, OTC ointments, histamines,  but nothing works.  A friend of mine recommended Arnica Gel so I figured I would try it and it works but I have to use it every day or my ears keep itching. Nothing has changed in my hair/beauty routine that would cause this. It is a mystery.

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If it's the outside of your ears and you're wearing masks with elastic ear pieces, it's possible you have a latex allergy. I have a  mild latex allergy and they don't bother me, but I'm not wearing them for that long or every day.

If it's inside the ear, I have no idea. Glad the gel works for you.

[ECBG]

My dermatoligist told me you "are more likely to become allergic to a product you have used a long time than a new one!!!".!

[LuvmyLab]

@noodleann  I hadn't thought ot that!  The masks I wear most often are the ones worn in the hospitals. I work at a hospital so I have to wear the surgical  ones, I can't wear my cloth mask.The itching started about the time this virus did.  The itching is around the outside of my ear and just inside, however, the itch could be spreading inside from the outside. Thanks for the info!

[GoneButNotForgotten]

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@hckynut wrote:

@GoneButNotForgotten 

Have you ever been in a cast for 6-8 weeks? Your thread title says it all.

hckynut 

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I don't understand how you got "been in a cast for 8 weeks?" I've had all kinds of appliances attached to my poor, suffering body but somehow I've managed to not need a cast.

[GoneButNotForgotten]

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@twinmommy88 wrote:

You might want to take some benadryl for the itching. Your body is producing some histamines and that might help.

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that is an excellent suggestion and thank you for making it--I would never have thought of it myself.!!!!

[GoneButNotForgotten]

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@LuvmyLab wrote:

My ears have been itching since May!  My doctor says there is no infection, no build up, she can find nothing wrong. Have tried prescription medications, OTC ointments, histamines,  but nothing works.  A friend of mine recommended Arnica Gel so I figured I would try it and it works but I have to use it every day or my ears keep itching. Nothing has changed in my hair/beauty routine that would cause this. It is a mystery.

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omgosh, I sure hope youcan find the cause. It's good that arnica gel works but it can't be any fun having to scrape out your ears every days.

[goldensrbest]

Did your itching stop?

[ALRATIBA]

Yesterday, I saw an article on the many uses of Listerine Mouth Wash.

One of them was to treat itching.  I tried it on a place on my are that had been bothering me for a couple of hours - totally stopped the itch.

22 Unique Uses for Listerine Mouthwash - Mommysavers