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Brachioradial pruritus. (severe itching on forearms and neck, no rash).
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@needahelp, @jal333, Good Thanksgiving morning. Your alias.....just jumped right off the page to me this morning. I was really looking for some advice for myself. I too have pruritus. It is right up there with pain in its annoyance. So...I found this study on the Mayo Clinic site and it shows anecdotal research which validates your comment @jal333. I have also had surgery in that cervical area...all fused with titanium now. That was in 2014 and I don't remember the agonizing itch arriving until this year. Has either of you heard anything about Titanium and pruritus? Take a look at this study.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjd.12483
I know that as sufferers of pruritus we feel justified in saying we've tried everything and nothing works. Let's take another look....keep the door open. There are now new treatment products being tested by the FDA. And there is now a $300 Rx cream that I may ask Santa to bring me.
When you tell us in a post that you have tried everything.......it is hard for me, at least.....to knock on that door again. (Didn't seem to bother me today).
O.K. my itchy new friends......stay in touch.....take a moment to glance at the study. Do you have experience with anything that has helped a little? Do you wear anti-itch sleeves at night? I do...or I am a mess with scratches and blood back up in the morning. Does your anxiety also build along with the itching?
Chris
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I can really relate to waking in the night! I have found two things that help me a great deal. I use BioFreeze and keep it by my bedside. I have the roll on as well as the spray. Once I put that on, i must wait for it to dry a bit, but that usually stops the itching within a few minutes. I also have ice packs ready in the freezer and use those. Yesterday, I was walking down to the beach and I was in short sleeves and forgot my sun screen..before I knew it, my left arm was bleeding from the unconscious itching. So much self control was required for me to finish my walk, get home and ICE ICE ICE. Peace to you all my "itchy" pals. We understand.
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Greetings-
My contribution is that I was seriously looking to end my life when I hit this event horizon I told myself I would take extreme ownership of my body. I would stop putting off systematically doing everything I should too support my body reacting this way to my " Thoracic outlet syndrome, failed 2 xs rotator cuff surgery etc...
Look, I lowered my neck on thinnest pillow. Starting waking briskly 5 minutes out and back AFTER EVERY MEAL.
Ate better.
Symptoms FOR ME faded away.
NOW everyone's body nerve wiring and patterns are different.
I KNOW I'm lucky.
As winter is here I DO notice it seems to want to start back AS I'm wearing long sleeves.
God forbid. I SEND love healing and peace to those still struggling.
CHANGE your habits and do what you know you should.
BEST REGARDS--
Me