flyinglentris
Disabled and Retired Veteran
Some people are actually allergic to water and develop skin rashes. Others, may get rashes from pathogens or toxic substances in water. Water is supposed to be treated for pathogens, but the chemical and mineral content can only be monitored to provide data whether it exceeds certain established minimum percentages of various elements or toxic substances.
I recently developed a nasty rash on both my hands and my chest and neck area, plus nasty irritation of the eyes. I finally got to see the dermatologist yesterday and was basically told that I need to avoid getting my hands and skin wet too often. The claim being that as a person ages, their skin becomes more sensitive. Blah! The question is "Sensitive to what?" I am being prescribed antibiotics because the skin cracks and may get infected, but to the point, a strong steroid skin salve to help reduce the inflammation and eliminate the rash. They have also told me to wear protective gloves when washing dishes and when urinating so that washing hands afterwards amounts to washing the gloves, not the hands. Bathing/Showering? Yikes!
I have been living in my current location for just over a year now and have noted that the tap water is very hard and heavy with mineral content.
I have been a bit shocked, I suppose. I will comply with the dermatologists prescriptions and advice as best I can. However I have been suspicious of the water, even before seeing the dermatologist and had elected to get a water dispenser and use distilled water for drinking water. I have already started drinking distilled water just yesterday and will be monitoring my response. I will also be rinsing my irritated eyes with distilled water and already, that seems to have helped quite a bit.
Silicon Valley has had problems with ground water further north, in the area of Sunnyvale and Santa Clara, due to solvents from chip manufacturers being dumped down the drain, carelessly. There has also been mercury mining in the region south of San Jose, but a check of my town's water monitoring reports show very low levels of mercury. Honest to god, I have never given the tap water much ado and have been drinking it, trusting it to be safe. No more.
I get my distilled water for about $0.75 cents per gallon.
I recently developed a nasty rash on both my hands and my chest and neck area, plus nasty irritation of the eyes. I finally got to see the dermatologist yesterday and was basically told that I need to avoid getting my hands and skin wet too often. The claim being that as a person ages, their skin becomes more sensitive. Blah! The question is "Sensitive to what?" I am being prescribed antibiotics because the skin cracks and may get infected, but to the point, a strong steroid skin salve to help reduce the inflammation and eliminate the rash. They have also told me to wear protective gloves when washing dishes and when urinating so that washing hands afterwards amounts to washing the gloves, not the hands. Bathing/Showering? Yikes!
I have been living in my current location for just over a year now and have noted that the tap water is very hard and heavy with mineral content.
I have been a bit shocked, I suppose. I will comply with the dermatologists prescriptions and advice as best I can. However I have been suspicious of the water, even before seeing the dermatologist and had elected to get a water dispenser and use distilled water for drinking water. I have already started drinking distilled water just yesterday and will be monitoring my response. I will also be rinsing my irritated eyes with distilled water and already, that seems to have helped quite a bit.
Silicon Valley has had problems with ground water further north, in the area of Sunnyvale and Santa Clara, due to solvents from chip manufacturers being dumped down the drain, carelessly. There has also been mercury mining in the region south of San Jose, but a check of my town's water monitoring reports show very low levels of mercury. Honest to god, I have never given the tap water much ado and have been drinking it, trusting it to be safe. No more.
I get my distilled water for about $0.75 cents per gallon.
