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Suggest Treatment For Itching On The Body, Increased Sugar Cravings And Skin Tags

Posted on Mon, 25 Jul 2016

Question: Symptoms are: I have had Itchy skin, high craving for sugar carbs and have several skin tags under my arms, are these related.

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Can be related, seen in insulin resistance, diabetes or thyroid disorders

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for being at healthcaremagic
Itching on the skin, craving for carbohydrates and skin tags can be related.These can be due to diabetes, insulin resistance and thyroid disorders.
I would recommend you to get your fasting blood sugar, fasting serum insulin levels and thyroid function tests done to rule out any of these diseases.
Regards
Dr Asmeet

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Priyanka G Raj