Itching
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Underlying Cause
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Itching Home Care: Warning Signs
Notify your doctor if you have itching and any of the following:
Severe itching that does not respond to nonprescription medications
Yellow or brown scabs form on the skin surface
Large
blisters
form on the skin
Jaundice
:
Yellow skin
Yellow eyes
Brown urine
Abnormal stool
:
Clay-colored stool
Facial swelling
Mouth or tongue swelling
Peeling skin
Rapidly worsening
rash
Difficulty breathing
Worsening
wheezing
Skin lesion
that is present for more than one month
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Itching Underlying Cause
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Allergic dermatitis
Contact dermatitis
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Pruritic papular eruption
Pruritus ani
Pruritus vulvae
Rash (generalized)
Rash (localized)
Rashes in adults
Rashes in children
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Last Updated: Nov 5, 2008
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Itching References:
Gelfand JM, Rudikoff D. Evaluation and treatment of itching in HIV-infected patients. Mt Sinai J Med. 2001 Sep-Oct;68(4-5):298-308.
Lebovics E, Seif F, Kim D, Elhosseiny A, Dworkin BM, Casellas A, Clark S, Rosenthal WS. Pruritis in chronic hepatitis C: association with high serum bile acids, advanced pathology, and bile duct abnormalities. Dig Dis Sci. 1997 May;42(5):1094-9.
Munday J, Bloomfield R, Goldman M, Robey H, Kitowska GJ, Gwiezdziski Z, Wankiewicz A, Marks R, Protas-Drozd F, Mikaszewska M. Chlorpheniramine is no more effective than placebo in relieving the symptoms of childhood atopic dermatitis with a nocturnal itching and scratching component. Dermatology. 2002;205(1):40-5.
Weldon D. When your patients are itching to see you: not all hives are urticaria. Allergy Asthma Proc. 2005 Jan-Feb;26(1):1-7.
