[Gocamino] hiker's/walker's/golfer's leg rash

[Maura Santangelo]

Polaramine is an antihistamine.  I have never been able to get it in 
cream form in the US, but easily available in the EU.

Maura
On Friday, August 5, 2005, at 01:09  PM, Andrea Atsuko Dunham wrote:

> hi patricia,
>
> i had this when i walked in june, and i saw MANY women with it. i 
> didn't really see any men who had it. i didn't notice it having 
> anything to do with age, though (i'm 32).  it started to hurt after a 
> few days, and i went to a farmacia and got a cream called polarmine or 
> something like that. i'm not sure what it does but it went away within 
> 2 days.
>
>
>
>
> On Friday, August 5, 2005, at 06:58 AM, C.Christopher Rush wrote:
>
>> Hola to all--life gets stranger and stranger.  After a 12 mile 
>> training walk last Wednesday with pack and boots, to prepare for my 
>> camino in September, I developed a rash on both legs above the sock 
>> line, and on the top of my feet.  Doesn't itch, doesn't hurt.  I 
>> thought it had something to do with the extreme heat and humidity we 
>> are experiencing in the northeast.  As a matter of fact it does; it's 
>> called Golfers' Vasiculitis, identified by dermatologists in 
>> Australia as fairly common among long-distance walkers, hikers and 
>> other engaged in endurance activities in high heat/humidity, who are 
>> also over the age of 50.
>>
>> My question is, has anyone on this list who has walked the Camino or 
>> who is training to walk it, experienced such a rash?  Since it's 
>> quite warm in northern Spain these days, I anticipate a continuing 
>> rash, but would appreciate hearing from any on the list who have had 
>> this experience.
>>
>> Patricia
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