Itchy hands and feet in the night – itching like CRAZY

Hi

I have consistently been practicing Hot Yoga 5 or 6 times a week for 6 months now. I take my class in the late afternoon and pretty much always shower, cycle home, eat dinner, watch TV / read and then go to bed. In the last couple of weeks I have been waking up at around 3.30am every morning with THE most unbearably itchy hands and feet…… really, really, horrendously itchy!

I moisturise my hands and feet every night before going to bed with good quality products (fragrance free, hypo-allergenic etc etc) and this only ever happens on the days that i have been practicing. I sleep right through on non-yoga days.

I drink a lot of water (not during class), eat a very healthy diet (pescetarian – with virtually no processed foods). Have a good sodium content in my diet with heaps of fresh fruit and veg.

I live in Denmark, so it’s cold in the evenings when i’m biking home, but i’m always dressed appropriately with thick mittens and socks etc, so my hands and feet are perfectly warm – so i don’t *think* its down to changes in temperature immediately after class….

Is this something anyone has heard of / experienced before and any tips for combating it? It’s driving me mad and i’m really tired!!

Thanks so much everyone

JJ