A reader has responded to the letter in last week’s Courier from a resident seeking an answer to chronic itching problems. Our correspondent has a possible solution: ‘Bicarb soda’ she said. “Get some from the supermarket, make it into a paste and put it all over yourself and then wash it off. Don’t use soap.” Another reader has suggested that it is just the ultra dry weather to blame. “When humidity returns, these kinds of problems go away,” she said.

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