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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Alzheimer's / February 2010Mom is scratching....
Me Mom is 85 & being taken care of by 87 yo Pop. She can't seem to stop scratching her self to the point of bleeding. Pop has cut her fingernails. He has put tape over her scratched areas. He has admonished her to no avail. We are at our wits end as to how to stop her from this habit. Any ideas? Nana Good suggestions here. http://alzlibrary.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/constant-scratching-picking-at-the-skin/ > Me Mom is 85 & being taken care of by 87 yo Pop. She can't seem to stop > scratching her self to the point of bleeding. Pop has cut her [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Nana We use Gold Bond lotion in the green bottle. It always helps for strange itches. Don't get any of the other kinds of Gold Bond, since they are not medicated to stop itch. But the link Mary provided goes into every possible source of itching, and there are so many possibilities! Hope you find the right one.  SignatureEvelyn "Even as a mother protects with her life her only child, So with a boundless heart let one cherish all living beings." --Sutta Nipata 1.8 > Me Mom is 85 & being taken care of by 87 yo Pop. She can't seem to stop > scratching her self to the point of bleeding. Pop has cut her [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Nana Sorry I can't offer any helpful advice, but I could sure use some if any is forthcoming. DW (72) does the same thing including during/after a feces event. She is neither aware of what she is doing nor does she have any understanding that she should not do that. It's pretty disgusting. SignatureBrick (Youth is wasted on young people) Thanks to all. I will print out the info & pass it along to Pop. Again, Many thanks, Nana >> Me Mom is 85 & being taken care of by 87 yo Pop. She can't seem to stop >> scratching her self to the point of bleeding. Pop has cut her [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > have any understanding that she should not do that. It's pretty > disgusting. >> Me Mom is 85 & being taken care of by 87 yo Pop. She can't seem to stop >> scratching her self to the point of bleeding. Pop has cut her [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > have any understanding that she should not do that. It's pretty > disgusting. My problem is unrelated to Alzheimer's but my ankles, particularly, itch a lot, sometimes to the extent I'll scratch until they bleed. After trying several lotions with little success a friend recommended Cetaphil, a product from Canada but available in all drug stores or pharmacies. It's more expensive than Vaseline or Lubriderm but for me, Cetaphil works wonders, and the effect often lasts more than one day. Ken Bland > "Brick" <hrbricker@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message . . . > My problem is unrelated to Alzheimer's but my ankles, particularly, itch > a [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Ken Bland Wonderful. It happens I still have a couple of bottles of Cetaphil on hand. It was prescribed for me some years ago. It's labelled as a non-alkaline, non-comedogenic cleanser. It may be used with or without a water rinse. In either case dry the cleansed area with a soft cloth. The product I have is in fact made in Canada. SignatureBrick (Youth is wasted on young people) Comment at the bottom. >> "Brick" <hrbricker@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > In either case dry the cleansed area with a soft cloth. The product I have > is in fact made in Canada. When I recommended Cetaphil for relief from itching I wasn't thinking that if an Alzheimer's patient scratches himself or herself it may be an involuntary, nervous reaction, unrelated to itching. Probably no lotion is of help for that. There are two formulas for Cetaphil, a cleanser and a moisturizing lotion, packaged almost identically. It's the latter one that I like. Ken Bland . . . > When I recommended Cetaphil for relief from itching I wasn't thinking > that [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Ken Bland Thank for the fill in. In this case it is almost certainly real itching. SignatureBrick (Youth is wasted on young people) Calamine Lotion is pretty good. Gail |
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