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Could Itching On Toes And Hands After Consuming Sweets Be Due To Candida Or Skin Being Sensitive To Sugar?
Hello!I sometimes have itching on my toes and hands. I believe that this happens after 0-3 hours the consumption of chocolate or sweets generally. Does sugar make our skin sensitive?Or this is because of candida?(I usually have vaginal candidiasis) or problems with my gut.Thank you!
Sat, 25 Jan 2014
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Looks like you are suffering from urticaria.
This is an itchy condition of skin which leads to redness and development of hives on the skin on itching.
In such cases with long term itching, it is very important to find out the cause of itching.
The causes can be varied: any drug intake, Intestinal infection, respiratory infection, thyroid disease, intake of preservative containing food stuffs etc.
In your case , the fungal infection that you have seems to be the cause of development of urticaria. So treatment of the candidal infection is very important for cure of this problem.
For the time being, start with some anti histamines like Loratidine twice a day for atleast 2 weeks.
You might need a tapering course of these medicines.
So if itching persists, consult a dermatologist for proper evaluation.
Hope it helps ,
Wishing you speedy recovery .
Dr Geetika Paul
Welcome to Healthcare Magic Forum
Looks like you are suffering from urticaria.
This is an itchy condition of skin which leads to redness and development of hives on the skin on itching.
In such cases with long term itching, it is very important to find out the cause of itching.
The causes can be varied: any drug intake, Intestinal infection, respiratory infection, thyroid disease, intake of preservative containing food stuffs etc.
In your case , the fungal infection that you have seems to be the cause of development of urticaria. So treatment of the candidal infection is very important for cure of this problem.
For the time being, start with some anti histamines like Loratidine twice a day for atleast 2 weeks.
You might need a tapering course of these medicines.
So if itching persists, consult a dermatologist for proper evaluation.
Hope it helps ,
Wishing you speedy recovery .
Dr Geetika Paul
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