Re: Legs That Itch and Swelling In Fingers During Exercise.

Hmmmnn. That's very interesting Diana, thank you for your response.
I hadn't heard of that before so I looked it up.
The itching I get is not brought on by sweat, but it seems to be something to do with my circulation. The faster I move the more it itches. Yet there have seemed to be periods when I don't get it. Like I somehow get my supplements just right and I can walk with short sprints inbetween (I'm out of shape so that's about as much as I can exercise doing a walk/run thing) and I won't experience the itching for a couple of weeks. I don't know why. Most of my life I have had it though.
There isn't any redness or hives and the itching is primarily in the backs of my legs on my calves, but sometimes my thighs will itch too.
My fingers will sometimes swell with the exercise, but they don't itch.
If I give in and scratch my legs, it gets worse. So I pretty much never give in and scratch. It is possible that if I did scratch the skin would get red.
Other than that it does not sound like the physical urticaria that is described here: http://www.dermnetnz.org/reactions/urticaria.html


I have wondered if it's tied to the adrenals.
In a way it seems like I'm "allergic to exercise". I hate saying that because I think exercise is probably what I need the most.
I've been thinking about trying Yucca for several things I have - plantar fasciitis (pretty sure it's plantar fasciitis anyway) and it MAY help with this reaction if it does all I've read about. I've also got thin nails and thinning hair which it might help with.
At this point I am a little worried about the effect of taking too many supplements on the kidneys. This last month I seem to have a lot of water retention and swelling with taking supplements. I went about a month without taking any and did all right. Then I went back to Schisandra and my feet began to swell. I also noticed some gallbladder pains and so I tried some lecithin granules. The lecithin seemed awesome at first, my digestion got better, it boosted my libido, but then I began retaining water and had A LOT of swelling in my hands and feet. Next I tried Digestion Essentials that had some ox bile in it along with other enzymes. It gave me a lot of energy, but for some reason I retained a lot of water with it also.
I wish I knew why. But I haven't been taking anything for the last few days and I've still had this reaction to exercise.

So I'd like to be able to exercise without these unpleasant symptoms and I'd also like to know what's going on with my body. Ultimately it seems if I am able to increase my exercise and ability to be active I will increase my health.

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