Surgery

Foot care
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Hello

I had surgery 2 weeks ago and my foot is all bandaged up! It's itching like hell!

What can I do to relief the itching I have used a comb to itch but I'm not aloud to do that.

It's so bad that I can't even sleep

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Rub it with a cloth or something soft.

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Those bandages should come off! No physician leaves them on more that 2 weeks.  Call or go ahead and unwrap and wrap again. There is no magic to it. 

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I have been told not to remove them until my outpatients appointment as I have pin sticking out of my toe

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OH NO! Mine was so simple. You take care of that foot. Maybe antihistamines for itching just to let you sleep. 

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Benadryl works good.

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yes, just what I had in mind!! 

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I agree with the others, benadryl should do the trick as long as your not taking any pain meds. You can't mix the 2, very dangerous. Good Luck! Mary

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I'm taking a strong dose of co-codamol would that effort it?

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Or use melatonin to sleep. That is natural and works great.

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Hi Lydia , as others have said try anti histamine to help with the itch. I had my mortens neuroma removed a few weeks ago and when my bandage came off it looked like I was shedding skin for a few days, very dry, so used my exfoiliating brush away from the wound and then moisturised twice a day and it resolved. Im waiting to have toe surgery done and will have 2 wires in foot for 6 weeks, so not looking forward to the dry skin again. I ddi wonder if it is a reaction to iodine, so will mention it when I have my next appointment. If your follow up appointjent is too far away, I would call the surgeons secretary or the ward you were on and see if you can see them earlier. Good luck.

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Hi Lydia, maybe you have an allergy to the dressing or something! You could try to take some over the counter anti histermine to stop the itching. Hope that helps.

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Hello

I totally wouldn't worry about the dry skin because it is totally normally as the foot is sweating and not getting any air from being underneath all the bandage I'm just really itchy I suppose it because it's all sweaty as it's been on for 2 weeks and the wound is healing gross right ... just want it to stop bloody itching! Touch wood it hasn't been as bad today

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Thank you I will try that is flares up again ... touch wood it has been ok today.