"Hell's Itch" or "Suicide Itch" (1 Viewer)

[Guest]

Heat!!! It sounds crazy but happened to me last year and currently again now and I promise I tried aloe (triggered it), antihistamines, peppermint, etc. and I realized the only thing that helps it is heat. Started out with a super hot shower, then a blow dryer, and now I’ve realized I can cycle 2-3 towels in the dryer basically nonstop for 48 hours and every 10-20 minutes switch out the towels, draping them over my shoulders and chest. I’d recommend trying the NSAIDs and antihistamines in top of hydrating aggressively and the heated towels.  Good luck!

 

[Diaballik1]

100% pure peppermint essential oil! Don’t waist your time with anything else! Dab with a cotton ball to the entire area. Also, get a clean spray bottle set to mist, add several drops of the oil add water and mist yourself as needed. Take antihistamine blockers and ibuprofen if you want. But the single most important thing is the oil! Hands down period. You are welcome.

 

[Guest]

Hot showers do the trick. Apply to spots of irritation until numbness occurs; it sounds extreme, but the pain of the shower will overrun the nervous system past the itch. If it's late at night to that point, try to catch sleep as fast as possible, to drain out the time possibility that it will have to continue.

On the flip side, it's silly. But if you catch life after extreme cases, back rubs become the absolute paradise. 

I'm currently experiencing it right now, one thing I've notice is that it TRULY matters that you wear a shirt. Going without clothes reveals the wound to open air and can become irritating-confine this wound with a dri-fit shirt that's moderately tight fit. If an area itches, do not scratch it. Rather, apply pressure. If it does not help, a shower will be your only remedy. 

I know someone needs this, if you find that this becomes almost irresistibly intolerant, do not become irrational, push through. Your pain is not a joke, it's the real deal. But you will make it, you're only so far away!

 

[Guest]

I suffer from hells itch pretty often and the best thing i know to help it is a Hairdryer! Put the hairdryer on full blast as hot as it will allow you to go and burn your skin sounds painful but trust me it feels much better than sitting through hells itch! I burn myself for about 10 min and the pain is gone trust me 

 

[Guest]

Oh my goodness this is the worst thing I've ever experienced. Was putting sudocream on sunburn for 2 days after getting burnt. Just had a shower since getting burnt. And this hell's itch started almost immeadiately after. 

Tried an ice bath and various other creams in the house - made it worse.

Pure peppermint oil has helped. Just took max ibruprofen dosage along max paracetemol dosage. Aswell antihistamine (not sure if this dosage is advised).

Deep Heat is also helping. The menthol burn has distracted from the searing pain.

 

[Guest]

The ONLY remedy for what I call death itch.  ( while I just sun burned my back today) is hot (scolding) hot shower.  It feels AMAZING!  What’s going on here is your skin is drying so fast while it heals, opining up and anything will irritate it. I used everything I could think of to help scratch it.  Nothing Worked.   My kids toothbrush worked best (shhhh don’t tell him). 
I’ll say this again.  I’ve had a have a dozen death itch episodes and the ONLY help comes from a super hot shower.  I have spoken.  TR

 

[Guest]

It's happened to me twice. It happens one day after a real bad sunburn. The only solution is a hot shower to temporarily relive the pain. Everything that helps normal sunburn makes it worse. You have to knock yourself out. First time a took a ton a Benadryl and finally passed out asleep. Woke up and it was just a burn. The second time I took my wife's Zanax. Again knocked out and was better the next day. If you get a bed burn. Just have something to knock yourself out ready for the next day. It's a horrible experience. The worst part everyone thinks your making it up. It's just a burn. It's not. It can be prevented with not allowing a burn. So rest at ease. But knocking out is the best way.