Brachioradial pruritus. (severe itching on forearms and neck, no rash).

I agree but my doctor (neurologist) does believe this is a valid disease. I think he believes its psychosomatic. So, he won't look into anything regarding the spine.

@dave8284 Have you considered getting a second opinion? You know your body better than anyone else. If I had physical symptoms and a physician was telling me it was all in my head... I would be interested in talking to another physician.

Hi I have just been diagnosed with BRP... 😭 it has been agonizing,frustrating, itching driving me to the point of insanity!
Just starting to try different treatments. Please refer me to the mentioned group 🙏

Hi all, I have a similar itch condition, arms and legs, no rash...on a FB Group for this condition, someone discovered that their pre-workout supplement killed the itch...she isolated it to Beta Alanine, an OTC amino acid. It kills the itch for about 90% of us on this FB Group...I buy mine on Amazon. I use the NOW Brand...but any brand that says CarnoSyn Beta Alanine in the supplement Facts section is what to look for. I take 750 MG to prevent itch, up to 1500 mg to kill a bad itch. Maybe it will work for this condition too...There is one medical paper written be a pair of Stanford Dermatologist who tried it on a patient, it worked. The NIH now lists it as a treatment for itch relief. My codition is Aquagenic Pruritus...I also has itch associated with Mastosytosis,,,Beta Alanine works for both.

I can’t tell you how many times I was told the same thing. I am sorry you are going through this. Now that I have finally been diagnosed I am trying to get treatment. Good luck to you.

Is there an MD at Mayo-Rochester that specializes in this condition? If so, what is his/her name? Thank you.

I’m looking into the NUCCA.org, Neurological Upper Cervical Association. A gentle no shots and no cracking the spine chiropractor solution. I’ll report as I find out more details.

My maternal grandfather and mother had it. All my siblings and I have it. For me, it disappeared a few years ago, but the scars (physical and mental) remain. I somehow recall finding postural PT for cervical spine impingement may have helped.

Did you ever try gabapentin? What cream or ointment helped?

It has been a long time but I recall my dermatologist not quite buying it. He gave me the name which, translated from Latin to English means itchy elbow, which also shows how primitive dermatology still is in the world of medicine, but he didn't prescribe anything to my knowledge. I ended up using some sort of horse liniment which I can't recall. It helped but I think it was toxic. At the time I was so miserable that toxic sounded fine to me haha. Technically, any diagnosis that simply describes the symptoms and not the causes constitutes a syndrome, not a disease. If the cause, mechanism or abnormality is known it becomes a disease. For example, acquired immune deficiency syndrome simply described the problem. Once the virus was identified the name changed to HIV. I'm currently struggling with Grover's disease. Before Dr Grover came along, it was simply an itchy back rash. He identified the cellular abnormality which allows it to be definitively diagnosed. So it's now Grover's disease, even though they don't know what causes it. In this case science doesn't know anything more than the symptoms of an itchy elbow. Because of my family history with it I am confident there is a genetic component. Some dermatologists, a Miami contingent, believe it is associated with sun damage. They think that by keeping your elbow off of the driver's side window you can avoid it. I think that's bs. But there is a study showing more cases among drivers in miami. Obviously this was before air conditioning cuz who puts their arm out the window in Miami if they can use air conditioning in their car on a hot summer day?