There is another cold spell happening in my neck of the woods due to what I call the "Northern Winds" where cold air from the north of my country affects us with a fair weather actually but cold enough for me and my parents too. It is just okay if I am not sick though but my skin gets itchy when cold days happen because of the relatively drier or low humidity weather. So because of that I do not perspire much and just leaves my skin so dry like the Mojave desert in April or maybe a rice field after the harvest.
It just suck obviously if you have an itchy skin but I have a way to make me relieve that by putting a very hot or near boiling water in a plastic bag which is sealed tightly, the ones that we use to put food into, double bag it and then putting it inside a thin cloth.
That is what I apply for the itchy skin parts, I would wait until I feel that very pleasurable sensation until it gets painful. When it gets painful I would just slide it to another part which also itches and repeat the process until all affected skin areas are relieved.
It is my own way of relieving an itch without scratching because scratching will just makes matters worse and would risk my skin from infection. Plus relieving an itchy skin is really pleasurable that way and last for a long time.
When it is humid my skin does not itch because it does not dry-up but the opposite happens, it gets damp so much that my bed sheets gets wet with perspiration depending on the varying heat and humidity. But I prefer it than having a parched skin and a hard time getting a bath in the wee hours of the morning because it gives me more liberty in consuming more liquids and I do not get breathless so fast which is one of the advantages for me in having a hot and humid weather.
This cold weather I think will last until the second week of this Month so there are many more days for me to endure until another type of enduring I will do with the coming hot season which I think I will cope more because of my improved mobility and pain alleviation because of the added dose of Cinacalcet that I was taking since the second week of January.