Hi, 
 
So that's why my shins would get so ichy during winter months. I
couldn't figure this out.
I just thought it was normal because of the water and colder weather. I
have been using CS
Now for about 3 weeks and I haven't had a bout of itchiness since.
Winter just started though.
Thanks for the reminder I'll watch for it now that you've made this
observation..
 
Sincerely..Ernie 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Rene Thurston [mailto:barbieg...@comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:24 PM
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Subject: CS>CS & Winter eczema?
 

Hi all,
 
I was in the shower last night, and it suddenly occurred to me that, for
the first time in 10 years, I have not had my usual winter eczema
symptoms!  Now I realize CS is supposed to be an antibacterial, which
eczema is not, but I have done nothing different that I can think of
OTHER than take CS for the past five months.  
 
I usually have a MADDENING itch of my lower legs and abdomen as soon as
the first very cold weather strikes, and it goes all through the winter.
I despise medications, so I have tried every over-the-counter remedy you
can imagine - oatmeal baths, extra-dry-skin lotions, Hydrocortisone,
Calamine lotion, Benadryl (external), Udder Balm, changing detergents,
wearing only cotton clothing.  NOTHING worked.  I would actually wake up
in the morning with bleeding scratches where I had dug at the itch
overnight.  I met someone with the same condition, and her doctor put
her on steroids and a prescription for some eczema medication.  I
decided to live with the itch.  
 
Our temperatures have been in the teens and 20's here a few times in the
last couple of weeks - plenty cold enough to start my usual winter
nightmare.  Nothing!!  My husband has also had a MARKED decrease in his
usual winter joint pains.
 
Has anyone else experienced this with CS?
 
Rene'