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by kyarpee, Nov 04, 2008 09:30PM
Tags: skin, itching
Wow! I am for the first time realizing that others truly know what I am going through!  Itchy arms!! For the past seven years I have been going at this.  The itching for me begins in early Sept and  I have never realized when it stops.  I itch from my elbow to my shoulder on both arms until I am bleeding sometimes.  I have been to an allergist and dermatologist and have left with no answers.  HELP!  I use Tea Tree Oil which helps a little but I can still feel the sensations under my skin.  It's hard to understand how there is not an answer for this or a treatment to help relive this.  I am not one to take any medication but there has to be something out there.  


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by kindd, Nov 05, 2008 04:25AM
To: kyarpee
Hello,

Your symptoms are suggestive of brachioradial pruritis.It is an intense itching sensation of the arm usually between the shoulder and elbow of either or both arms. The itch can be so intense that sufferers will scratch their own skin to a bleeding condition.

The cause is not known, although there are a few lines of thought on what causes it.The only thing that seems to help most sufferers is the application of ice to the area until the itch is diminished.Other treatments include cooling lotions like those containing camphor or menthol,capsacain or local anesthetic creams,amitriptyline and gabapentin tablets and
electrical cutaneous nerve field stimulation.

Pls discuss this possibility and these options of treatment with your dermatologist.

Hope it helps.Take care and pls do keep me posted if you have any additional queries.

by maggid, Nov 07, 2008 02:41AM
To: itch arm sufferes
I also have had the itchy arm syndrome for a few years and have become pretty well convinced that it is an issue related to a liver deficiency or inability to cleanse the system of toxins, most likely wine or other alcohols.  I recently did a two week "liver cleanse" diet program, which included no alcohol at all, and within a few days the itching disappeared.  As soon as i went off the program it started again.  I don't know which is worse, the itching at night or eliminating my evening wine!

by ktm824, Nov 22, 2008 05:21PM
To: itchy arms
wow, thank you all so much. I am about to go crazy. This is the first time I have had my arms itch from wrist to elbow. It has been going on for the last couple of week. I literally scratched my arms to bleeding. I have gone out and bought hydrocortisone, calamine lotion, and benadryl topical lotion. In reading the other posts, I can't imagine this going on from Aug. to January. I literally put this up there with fingernails scratching on the chalkboard, it is unbelievably irritating.

I do have some stomach issues and so the liver cleanse may work for me, I do agree with the "itch" or "no wine"  :)

by FurballsMom, Nov 23, 2008 08:52PM
To: maggid
It's possible that you have a sulfite allergy.  I am definitely allergic to all alcohol myself.  So, I've never been able to have the occasional glass of wine or wine cooler.  I never did like beer anyway.  I was introduced to cooking with wine.  It tastes really good, too.  Most people realize that cooking evaporates the alcohol, so there is no alcohol left in what you're cooking.  So, it's fine to prepare food with wine and even give a little to kids--if you don't have to worry about allergies with your kids.

Well, if there is no alcohol left in the food and the food is the kind that I know I am otherwise not allergic to, then if I'm feeling sick all over I can only conclude that it's the sulfites that are in wine.  There are natural sulfites in the stuff from the grapes, but sulfites are also added to wine.

Now that I think about it, I was itchy all over the place from the sulfites, too.

I'm just saying that it might not be just the alcohol, it may also be the sulfites.  With me, I know for sure that it's both.

by marq229, Nov 23, 2008 10:48PM
To: all
This may be Menopause setting in...check this...
http://www.34-menopause-symptoms.com/itchy-skin.htm

by margypops, Nov 24, 2008 06:08PM
To: krp
I have chronic Urticaria (Hives) I find Aloe Vera Gel from Trader Joes soothes it best it wont cure it but it stops the burn and itch, coulsd be an allergy to something you have used or are using .Incidently mine came on in May after a trauma and Penicillin . I still dont know what the allergen is.

by cefergus, Dec 05, 2008 12:00AM
I believe I have Brachioradial Puritius.  It does drive a person crazy.  Some have said it is associated with being in the sun too much.  It is also helped by taking plenty of Vitamin B-12.  It has helped me to take this and to stay away from the sun when it really is hot.
However, there is no sure answer.  It is down to near freezing this evening and I have a place on my neck that is driving me crazy.  My routine is to freeze it with an ice pack,
spray it with Lanacaine and hope it will calm down.  Try not to scratch it...that stimulates
the area to cause more itching.  This probably related to some type of neuropathy-it is a nerve problem.

Carol
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