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Micronutrient Containing Multipurpose Cleansing Lotion Ends A Ten Year Search for Relief from Severe Pruritis First Author: Mary Verhage Authors: Mary M. Verhage RN BSN CWOCN CHRN This is the case of severe, refractory, chronic pruritis of 10 years duration. Hx: 58 yr old, female, non-smoker, allergic rhinitis r/t contact with dog dander, trees and grasses. She noted sudden onset of severe generalized itching and prickling without skin lesions, scratching produced welts and increased the intensity (dermographism). The symptoms worsened at night, leading to insomnia. Contact with water ( aquagenic) caused itching so intense that she found bathing to be torture. Under the guidance of her dermatologist, she trialed multiple systemic anti-histamines and sedatives. She bathed infrequently, trying oatmeal baths, hypoallergenic creams and lotions, topical steroids and anti-histamines to no avail. After ten years of suffering through failed therapies, she turned to a wound and skin care specialist. Due to the inability to tolerate bathing or showering it was recommended that she try a micronutrient containing multipurpose cleansing lotion * and micronutrient containing moisture barrier **. She began with one product to determine the effect. If the cleansing lotion was tolerated, she was to add the moisture barrier two weeks later. She kept a journal to document the results. Within seven days she was able to tolerate bathing without itching for the first time in ten years. The standard treatment of atopic dermatitis or neurogenic priritus is systemic drugs that can cause sedation, nausea, dizziness and other limiting side effects. Externally treating the skin as a highly complex living organ instead of a dead layer of cells is a new view with a promising future. * Remedy 4 in 1 Cleansing Lotion, Medline Industries, Inc. Mundelein, Illinois ** Remedy Skin Repair Cream, Medline Industries, Inc. Mundelein, Illinois |
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