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Itching all over my body, is this a symptom of perimenopause?

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jo74450
jo74450

I have itches all over my body, can this be another wonderful symptom of perimenoause? it's driving me mad, so I have taken an antihistomene now, anyone else suffer with this?

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  • toria_07298
    toria_07298 jo74450

    Posted

    for me its because im estrogen dominent and estrogen releases histamine and vice versa x

  • sarah05599
    sarah05599 jo74450

    Edited

    yes im the same im sitting here now sctratching like ive got fleas 😳 I also take an antihistamine when its really bad. So it means that your estrogen is to high? Ive had it on and off for 10 yrs 😮 it started age 43 before my periods but now just kicks in randomly.

  • sarah05599
    sarah05599 jo74450

    Posted

    I also woke up this morning with terrible lower back pain ☹️ so thats more pain to add to my growing list of painful body parts.

  • corinne62311
    corinne62311 jo74450

    Posted

    yes, started for me when i started taking HRTits only really random now , but i do trim finger and toenails otherwise i would scratch myself raw

    • toria_07298
      toria_07298 corinne62311

      Posted

      maybe because when you started hrt your estrogen was still up and down which sets of histamine x

    • corinne62311
      corinne62311 toria_07298

      Posted

      do estrogen levels fluctuate ? i had no idea my doctor didn't say anything i feel like im on my own trying to figure all of this out i begged her to put me on hrt

    • toria_07298
      toria_07298 corinne62311

      Posted

      drs have no idea lovely, in early peri alot of people have higher estrogen than ever before, plus progesterone drops x

  • Slo
    Slo jo74450

    Posted

    I get itchy with welts like hives, more when i am stressed

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