Leg cast & itching

[Khan]

This may have been covered before.

I have a friend (online) with a leg cast and he says it itches terribly.

Any advice?

Thanks

 

[freebird5825]

No coat hangers (dirty, risk of scratching open skin).
Never wore a cast, but maybe one of those new and perfectly clean plastic back scratchers, used in reverse (handle, not scratcher part), would w*rk?

 

[kumquat]

Knitting needles.

 

[TromboneAl]

Let me google that for you

(BTW, I don't mean that to sound condescending.)

 

[Khan]

Actually, I was hoping someone would have personal info or a link to a medical site.

 

[RonBoyd]

Actually, I was hoping someone would have personal info or a link to a medical site.

It was the sweating that caused my itching. I used a hair dryer on cool to blow air down the inside of the cast. I suspect any air supply would work the same.

 

[RonBoyd]

Let me google that for you

(BTW, I don't mean that to sound condescending.)

I know you explained how to do that before but... tell me again. I'm awake this time.

 

[Moemg]

Be careful what you scratch with I have seen all kinds of things lost in casts !

 

[Nords]

http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f38/dh-broke-his-arm-today-44633.html#post822661

A spray bottle of sunburn treatment containing aloe and lidocaine. Open up a space between the cast & skin, spray as far down as possible, and let gravity do the rest.

 

[Ronstar]

I used coat hangers for a broken ankle and a broken wrist. I bent the hanger end into a smaller curve so that it didn't snag or scratch. Also used the thin plastic covered hangers.
worked great.

 

[Purron]

http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f38/dh-broke-his-arm-today-44633.html#post822661

A spray bottle of sunburn treatment containing aloe and lidocaine. Open up a space between the cast & skin, spray as far down as possible, and let gravity do the rest.

Thanks Nords, I was just going to look for this! This stuff really helped DH.

 

[My Dream]

DW broke her foot couple weeks ago and she decided to go with the removable/inflatable cast instead. By the sounds if it, it good that she did.

 

[TromboneAl]

I know you explained how to do that before but... tell me again. I'm awake this time.

Go to lmgtfy.com, do a search, then copy the highlighted URL.

 

[Khan]

http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f38/dh-broke-his-arm-today-44633.html#post822661

A spray bottle of sunburn treatment containing aloe and lidocaine. Open up a space between the cast & skin, spray as far down as possible, and let gravity do the rest.

Thanks.
I had a vague memory of something like that, but didn't remember if it was even on this forum.