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Does anyone else suffer from itchy legs after running.

I am on week 8 and after every run I could claw my legs off ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

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Marvo69Graduate

My legs don't itch, but after every run my lefs drive me mad. ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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Marvo69Graduate in reply to Marvo69

You've edited your title. Now everyone else thinks I'm an idiot.!๐Ÿ˜€ nothing new

#broad shoulders!

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ros1203 in reply to Marvo69

Sorry No offence intended ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Ripcurlrana71

Errr...no....๐Ÿค” Well only in the sense that Iโ€™m โ€˜itchingโ€™ to go on my next run! ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

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Razouski

No itchy legs but today they are burning up as I fell and landed in a nettle bus so the whole of my left side is covered in stinging nettle rash (and I've fractured my thumb too :-( )

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ros1203 in reply to Razouski

Aghhh poor you ๐Ÿ˜”

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Ripcurlrana71 in reply to Razouski

Ouch!!

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MyrarGraduate in reply to Razouski

Oh dear poor you ๐Ÿ˜ข

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kirstyt88

Yes! I get this all over my body, spoke to GP and was told itโ€™s exercise induced urticaria (basically a rash!) and itโ€™s caused by the body going from cool to warm so quickly that all the blood rushes to the skin and makes it itchy.

I take an antihistamine now before I go out and no more skin clawing :)

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ros1203 in reply to kirstyt88

Thank you Iโ€™ll do that in future ๐Ÿ˜€

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No I don't get itchy legs from running, but I do get itchy legs when I am unable to run :)

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