I hope this isn't a silly question, but...does MC cause dry skin? It started last month, the skin on my arms and legs are dry and getting wrinkly. I use a lot of moisturizer and nothing helps. I am still having diarrhea daily, so not sure if this is the problem. I try to drink a lot of water every day. I was just wondering if this is one of the symptoms.
Thank you.
Dry Skin
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Hi Paddy,
MC probably causes some skin dryness because of the dehydrating effect of active MC. But IMO skin dryness is primarily a secondary symptom of MC. I say secondary because I believe the primary problem is the magnesium deficiency that's caused by MC (and by taking budesonide.) At least that has been my experience. I normally had somewhat dry skin most of my life. A few years ago when I discovered that I had a chronic magnesium deficiency (because it suddenly became much worse) and I corrected it, the dryness seemed to fade away. I take 300 mg of Doctor's Best brand magnesium glycinate every day. I'm 77 and my skin looks better than it did 20 years ago. Of course it might just look that way because my eyesight is deteriorating.
Tex
MC probably causes some skin dryness because of the dehydrating effect of active MC. But IMO skin dryness is primarily a secondary symptom of MC. I say secondary because I believe the primary problem is the magnesium deficiency that's caused by MC (and by taking budesonide.) At least that has been my experience. I normally had somewhat dry skin most of my life. A few years ago when I discovered that I had a chronic magnesium deficiency (because it suddenly became much worse) and I corrected it, the dryness seemed to fade away. I take 300 mg of Doctor's Best brand magnesium glycinate every day. I'm 77 and my skin looks better than it did 20 years ago. Of course it might just look that way because my eyesight is deteriorating.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
