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In article <155647933.1509…@lamg.com> P_Iann…@lamg.com (Paul Iannone) writes:
>In message ID <kochen….@ami1.bwi.wec.com> on 2/27/95, Don Kochen wrote:
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>: Maybe this is well-known, but I have found that judicous application
>: of intense heat from a heat-source with low thermal mass seems to
>: give fantastic relief from itching due to poison ivy, itchy rashes,
>: bug-bites, etc.
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>: I’ve used a hair dryer [snip]
>: Maybe someone more knowledgeable can explain this phenomena or warn
>: me that I am doing something extremely dangerous. My untutored opinion
>: is that there is localized de-sensitization occurring.
>Using Heat to reduce itching will work (Heat ‘disperses’), but it may well
>prolong your overall discomfort. Generally, Cooling therapies are advisable
>for Hot-type rashes. Just so, Heat from persistent antihistamine therapy can
>often still be seen in a person’s health pattern years later.
>P_Iann…@lamg.com (Paul Iannone, P.O.B. 66843, L.A., CA 90066).
From my personal experience I don’t feel it ever delayed recovery, but even
if it did, I would prefer 10 days with relieved itching compared to 5 days
with a maddingly intense itch. (Generally I’ll use calamine lotion too.)
Cooling therapy has never significantly relieved an intense itch for me.
I would be concerned about any adverse long term effects though.
Are you saying this heating constitutes "antihistamine" therapy?
What are the possible long term effects?
Thanks.
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Don Kochen koc…@ami1.bwi.wec.com
Westinghouse Electric Corp Baltimore, MD
Analog System Design (410) 765-3268
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