Body dryness

[ruthgt]

I suffer from dry eyes.nose, head scalp itching.is it a symptom of parkinson or from the treatmen

[park_bear]

In my case PD tends to dry out my GI tract from one end to the other. I have taken various measures to relieve that.

[sleezy in reply to park_bear]

I have extremely dry eyes. I've been in two dry eye studies over the years. I use Systane and Visine. Visine feels soothing to my eyes, though it is not generally considered very effective. I can't afford Restasis or Xiidra. My dry eyes predate my diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease. I had dry eyes years and years before I found out I have Parkinson's.

[Berylhorsey1 in reply to sleezy]

Me too. My scalp itches so much. I had this before diagnosis.

[Icequeen10]

Oh, me too! ...and skin in face and body is dry flaky thickened and scaly,,! The itching on my head bout drives me crazy. I am told this is from Parkinson's. I haven't spoken to my dermatologist yet. Have been trying to handle it. At night I take a Benadryl for my itchy head. Dandruff shampoo,, like Head and Shoulders doesn't help. I went up to the next level,. Scalpicin, Nizoral, again no. relief. I am using black tar soap now on. head and body now with some relief. Next I will try anti fungal shampoo. I believe that many of my problems are worsened by systemic yeast. - Candida Albicans..for my face I use a CBD cream.

[park_bear in reply to Icequeen10]

Worth a look:

walgreens.com/store/c/head-...

[Icequeen10 in reply to park_bear]

Thanks,. Will try;¡

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Click on my icon and you can find a post I wrote about dealing with different areas of dryness in a fairly simple way. You might also read the replies as other members added their ways to deal with dryness also and I added a little more information in the replies.

Art

[Ozziedog2]

Meds!

[PDman1]

Hydrocodozone lotion (OTC) is very helpful for me.

[condor39]

Those symptoms are common in Parkinsons,use a dandruff shampoo, “Head and Shoulders” will work, then keep using it. The cheaper eye drops will work, but use several times a day