Yes, it was definitely kidney related for me. My itching symptoms were so bad at times I was in tears. I have end stage kidney disease. There is a new medication that I came across and talked to my dialysis staff about and it took me awhile to make the drs understand that it was related. So now I'm getting it 3x aweek in dialysis by intravenously. And its working quite well. I have not had any itching at all. It is called ( Korsuva)