Skin Sensitivity After ICU

[BigH63]

Hi Everyone one. Q: since coming out of ICU last year my skin is definitely more susceptible to burning in the sun than it’s ever been and I was blonde and have fair skin. But now it only seems to take 5 mins or less to get the starting of sunburn? Anyone else?

regards

BigH

[Sepsur]

because of my CLL & subsequent treatment, I have 10x greater chance of skin cancer, so I stay out of sun mostly.

If it helps, I’m more sensitive to everything, loud noise, bright light, allergies, hay fever, more susceptible to colds & infection, more susceptible to cuts going septic - you name it …..

[CCXLI]

I agree. I've always been overly pale and suncream was always my friend but I only have to sit out in the sun now and I feel a burning right away. Factor 50 everytime without fail. However I've also noticed I have issues with temperature regulation. It could be a cool but warm night and I'd be shivering cold. There's no happy medium.

[Dream_Warrior]

This happened to me but it was the because of the anti fungal medication I was put on from a fungal infection that I caught in the hospital while in the ICU. I’m still dealing with it three years later.

[BigH63]

Hi Dream Warrior.

Thanks for replying. I’ll have to get my medical note from when I was in ICU. Funny you use that tag. When I was in ICU a male nurse or might have been my delirium I’m still not sure, but he cam over to me one night ? And said do you want to be a Worrier or a Warrior loudly, I said Warrior. Never forget that. But no one seems to know who he was ? Delirium? Real?