Klarinet Archive - Posting 000568.txt from 1997/07

From: "C Henderson" <chenderson@-----.au>
Subj: Re: Poison ivy rash
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 16:57:24 -0400

Neil wrote:
> > I think I'd like to be totally strange since I haven't slept in sever=
al
> > days and ask a peculiar, distinctly un-clarinet related question. =
What
> > are your best wives' tales and home remedies for the discomfort of =
poison
> > ivy? Calamine lotion, antihistamine pills and lotions, all manner =
of
> > hydrocortisone creams, baking soda baths, hydrogen peroxide soaks -- =
you
> > name it, I've tried everything I could think of. I'm in agony, and =
in
> > this sense it is clarinet-relevant: it's getting hard to accomplish
> > anything in the practice room when I'm suffering from sleepless
> exhaustion
> > and must scratch body parts every 28 seconds. I'm on corticosteriod
> pills
> > from the doctor now, and the raised skin effect of the rash has subsi=
ded
> > (as has the intensity of redness), but the itching is worse than ever=
.
> > I'm going to lose my mind over this shortly (if I don't end up scratc=
hing
> > myself to death first).
> >
Neil - lots of skin ailments (cold sores, psoriasis, etc) are aggravated =
or caused
by a lack of zinc. Try zinc tablets, combined with an externally appli=
ed zinc-
based cream. For a confirmation of this as a possible cause, see a natur=
opath.
I hope *something* helps out of all our answers - it sounds terrible. =
And the
way it is, it's certainly clarinet related for you at the moment!

Clare Henderson <chenderson@-----.au>