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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Herpes / March 2005Herpes and Dry Skin
I hope I don't get flamed for this, but since I have been having a larger than usual outbreak, I have had exceptionally dry skin on my hands, and shins. Does anyone else have this happen? I don't take any meds, but I use: A multi vitamin, E 400, C 500, Zinc 50, B6 50, B complex 50, and Lysine 500. Any clues or is this just the winter and cold weather causing the dry skin? No one is going to flame you for this. :) I don't know about the dry skin correlation. However, just having dry skin could bring on an outbreak. Your lysine dose is very small, by the way. It should be around 1500, if I remember correctly. Also, try some flax seed oil or other type of oil to help with the dry skin. You should take it internally. Fish oil seems to help some but I'm a vegetarian so I won't actually promote that. :) I used coconut oil on my skin when I was in Vermont. It seemed to work well. ar >I hope I don't get flamed for this, but since I have been having a larger >than usual outbreak, I have had exceptionally dry skin on my hands, and >shins. Does anyone else have this happen? I don't take any meds, but I use: >A multi vitamin, E 400, C 500, Zinc 50, B6 50, B complex 50, and Lysine 500. >Any clues or is this just the winter and cold weather causing the dry skin? Thanks AR... Well I live in Rhode Island, and we get very intense winters and alot of snow. I bought some Curel Extra Strength skin cream last night and it has been helping. I didn't want to take too my Lysine, because one time when I had taken 2 doses in a day (1000mg) I ended up with heartburn! When you say Fish oil you mean Vitamin A or just fish oil? I used to take A 10,000, but stopped because I heard it depletes calcium levels in the bones. I could look into Flaxseed or Fish oil I suppose. Thanks, > No one is going to flame you for this. :) > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >A multi vitamin, E 400, C 500, Zinc 50, B6 50, B complex 50, and Lysine 500. > >Any clues or is this just the winter and cold weather causing the dry skin? Well, actually, eating too much meat will also deplete the calcium in your bones. Make sure you exercise and get plenty of dietary calcium. :) I really don't know much about fish oil but that others have said it helps them. But there are other oils that you can take in capsule form that will help with dry skin. I think I used Evening Primose Oil for a bit... Take care, ar >Thanks AR... > [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] >> >Any clues or is this just the winter and cold weather causing the dry >skin? I just had my first outbreak, and I had very dry skin on my hands and arms along with it. The backs of my hands actually cracked and bled, which has never happened before. However I attributed it to a lot of hand washing,, which I also had been doing. I was also taking Valtrex. Maybe that dries up the skin as well as the sores. Have you been using moisturizer? ar >I just had my first outbreak, and I had very dry skin on my hands and >arms along with it. The backs of my hands actually cracked and bled, >which has never happened before. However I attributed it to a lot of >hand washing,, which I also had been doing. I used moisturizer for a few days to treat the dry skin. Did that take care of it? You might want to moisturize every day. ar >I used moisturizer for a few days to treat the dry skin. The cracked dry skin on the back of my hands healed up when the herpes sores healed and the Valtrex ended. So the dry skin was definitely related to the herpes or the Valtrex. I only needed the moisturizer for a few days. I actually had the same kind of dry skin on the backs of my hands also, and I don't use Valtrex (yet). I did use some moisturizer for a couple of days but stopped and the dry skin returned a little, but I did notice that the dryest part was in the midst of the blisters I was getting, so maybe there is a relation, anything is possible. > The cracked dry skin on the back of my hands healed up when the herpes > sores healed and the Valtrex ended. So the dry skin was definitely > related to the herpes or the Valtrex. I only needed the moisturizer > for a few days. > I hope I don't get flamed for this, but since I have been having a larger > than usual outbreak, I have had exceptionally dry skin on my hands, and > shins. Does anyone else have this happen? I don't take any meds, but I use: > A multi vitamin, E 400, C 500, Zinc 50, B6 50, B complex 50, and Lysine 500. > Any clues or is this just the winter and cold weather causing the dry skin? That's a great question. In my view, it can be a direct relationship between the dryeness of the skin and the activity of the herpes virus. What was in first the chicken or the egg? Skin's dryeness causing the herpes activity or vice-versa? I don't have the answers yet. Perl von Molson Yes I am not sure either, but I never got dry skin on the backs of my hands before this big OB started. Maybe it is the herpes? When I had my previous recurring OB's they were mild compared to what I just went through so I never noticed that before, but I don't know... Tom > That's a great question. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Perl von Molson > Yes I am not sure either, but I never got dry skin on the backs of my hands > before this big OB started. Maybe it is the herpes? When I had my previous > recurring OB's they were mild compared to what I just went through so I > never noticed that before, but I don't know... > > Tom It's an issue as tough as the head-ache or migraine issue. What caused it, what healed it, can have so many variables. My guess would be to look at our own body to identify signs that seem to relate to the dryness of skin and all that. Perl von Molson > > That's a great question. > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > > > Perl von Molson |
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