Itchy skin

[Romany]

Ok so after trial and error with medication, am now on T4/T3 ( synthetic ) combo...I feel tons better BUT I have VERY itchy skin. Anyone tell me why?

[Nanaedake]

Go and see your doctor about the itchy skin. Lots of things could cause it. Don't ignore it as you don't know whether it's significant or not unless you get it checked out.

[SAMBS]

E45 cream Romany, is known as being recommended for Thyroid dry skin) and should help stop the itching quite quickly, especially if skin is dry and starting to get/look flaky! You don't need much, just rub à thin coating on gently. According to my Practice Nurse it should just be put on in one direction only! It also dries quite quickly and is non greasy.Anyway E45 cream at least saves taking extra meds, so try for a few days and if no success, then as Nanadaedake says, see your Dr.

[spongecat]

I found some relief in changing to non-bio washing powder. We are so surrounded by harsh detergents that make the dry skin that us thyroidies are prone to , so much worse. It gets my washing just as clean as the bio stuff!

I also found Sanex bath foam quite soothing if you like a bath and there are shower cremes as well, anything that is labelled as an emollient is good. I like E45 too and put it on my shins which get very itchy sometimes.

[EbonyEvans]

E45 It h Relief cream. Might be a little heavy for summer if you've not used to moisturising daily. Fairy as it's non bio is gentler on the skin. And if you use fabric softener instead of condition - the latter coats your clothes. The former strips layers to make it smoother. You sleep for a quarter of each day - maybe consider not using it on your bedding. If you dry clean bedding those chemicals are quite harsh and dare I suggest ironing your sheets to soften them. Filtered water not that fragranced water. And mention it to your gp when you next have an appointment. It's also summer so different parabens in the air.

[Hattie007]

Itchy skin for me is a sign I'm undermedicated. 😁

[humanbean]

Could be an intolerance to of one of the fillers and binders in your tablets. Try taking an anti-histamine (the kind of tablets you can buy from a pharmacy for hay fever) and take one 30 - 60 minutes before taking your thyroid pills. Do that for a few days and see if it helps.

If it does then you might want to try changing your brand of thyroid meds, if at all possible. For Levo I think there are four different brands, and you could ring around different pharmacies to ask what they could fill your prescription with - try them all. For T3 I think we are stuck with just one in the UK.