Dexcom Rash: Alternative Solution.
The Dexcom rash is under control, but still not gone. So I'm still on the hunt for something that makes this rash feel less like I'm developing a skin-peeling, borderline-chemical burn looking mess underneath each sensor adhesive ring. The inhaler solution works really well, but there is the risk of putting a steroid on top of my skin. (My doctor yesterday and I had a long discussion about the adhesive rash, or "contact dermatitis," as he's fond of calling it, and he cautioned me against long-term use of the inhaler solution because it could cause permanent discoloration of those patches of my s...
Source: Six Until Me. - February 20, 2013 Category: Diabetes Tags: CGMS Source Type: blogs
Study Identifies Itch-specific Nerves
Scientists have been looking for itch-specific nerves for decades. New research from investigators at Johns Hopkins University and Yale University in the United States and several universities in China has identified sensory neurons in mice that are dedicated to relaying itchy sensations from the top layers of skin to the spinal cord [1].
In 1835, Johannes Peter Müller proposed the law of specific nerve energies. It stated that everything we feel and experience relies on the stimulation of particular neuronal pathways — and thus that the actual, external stimulus is irrelevant. He wrote:
The same cause, such as e...
Source: Highlight HEALTH - January 29, 2013 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Diana Gitig, Ph.D. Source Type: blogs
Dangers of body piercing
Punching a hole in your tongue, nipples, or worse your genitals, is a serious decision. Before you decide to have a body piercing, consider the risks of infection, allergic reactions, nerve damage, teeth damage, bleeding, and bacterial and viral infections.DANGERS OF BODY PIERCINGFashion has no boundaries. We will go to to all limits to keep up with the latest fashion. For the past 20 years, celebrities, singers, and sport stars, all have had some body piercing. Popular body parts are the: eyebrows, lips, tongue, nose, ear, and even genitalia. EAR P...
Source: Dr. Needles Medical Blogs - July 21, 2010 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Tags: DANGERS OF BODY PIERCING Source Type: blogs
Over the counter psoriasis lotions – have you tried them?
While we were in the States I was amazed at the wide range of over the counter products are available there. In one supermarket alone there were aisles of things we can either only get on prescription or can’t get at all. I was really interested to see that there are a number of creams available for sale aimed at psoriasis ‘sufferers.’ I must add here, as an aside, that I don’t actually like the term sufferer, although it probably technically is correct because we do suffer at time with this stuff…but it makes us sound more like victims and I hope that is not the case.
But back to the tropic; ...
Source: Life with Psoriasis - November 20, 2007 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Christa Joyce Tags: coal tar flaking skin health itch Itchy skin OTC psoriasis lotions over the counter psoriasis lotions PA psoriasis medicine Psoriasis treatment psoriasis1 psoriatic lesions Psoriatic RA red spots on skin skin condition skin i Source Type: blogs
