MY HUSBAND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CROHN S DISEASE BACK IN 1987. TEN YEARS AGO, THAT DIAGNOSIS WAS CHANGED TO U.C. SINCE, HE HAS DEVELOPED A LOT OF FOOD ALLERGIES. ON NOV. 1st, 2013, HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING LEAKY GUT SYNDROME HE HAS LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT.. HE HAD GONE TO SEE THE DR. THAT DAY FOR AN EDEMA CONDITION DEVELOPED IN BOTH LEGS, WITH THE LEFT LEG IN REALLY BAD SHAPE. A FURTHER DIAGNOSIS OF DVT AND DERMATITIS WAS ALSO CONFIRMED. YET, IN SPITE OF THOSE PAINFUL AND WORRYING CONDITIONS WHICH HAD PROMPTED THIS PARTICILAR DR. VIUSIT, HE WAS DISMISSED WITHOUT ANY PRESCRIPTION TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEMS OF THE HAMPERED CIRCULATION, NUMBNESS ,PAIN AND ITCHING. SINCE THEN, THE ITCHING HAS SPREAD ALL OVER HIS BODY,AND IS CONSTANT WITH A BURNING SENSATION. FOR TWO WEEKS, I HAVE BEEN CALLING THE OFFICE TO HAVE THEM FAX OVER THE FORGOTTEN RX. TO NO AVAIL !. THEY TELL US TO GO TO E.R. OR TO COME BACK FOR A DUPLICATE VISIT. NOT SO SIMPLE FOR RONALD BECAUSE OF A U.C. FLARE-UP THAT DOES NOT WIND DOWN; PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE DAILY INCREASED DISTRESS WITH THE SKIN RASH. SO, NOW, IT S UP TO ME TO FIND SOMETHING, PREFERABLY NATURAL, OVER THE COUNTER TO HELP HIM, TO ALLEVIATE AND/OR STOP THE ITCH WHICH IS DRIVING HIM NUTS . SO UNTIL HE CAN GO BACK AND SEE THE DOCTOR , COULD YOU PLEASE OFFER ASUGGESTION FOR SOMETHING TOPICAL OR SYSTEMIC. HE HAS BEEN USING CALAMINE AND BENADRYL LIQUID GEL AND BENADRYL CAPSULES; NOT MUCH HELP WITH THAT. SO, PLEASE HELP! TODAY HAS BEEN NIGHTMARISH. FOR HIM, IN A PHYSICAL WAY, AND FOR ME, MENTALLY STRESSFUL, HAVING SPENT MOST OF THE DAY TRYING TO REACH HIS CURRENT PHYSICIANS AND TRYING TO LOCATE A NEW ONE. THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR MOST APPRECIATED INPUT. MARIE-SOL