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Itchy Arms
Starting in August, I get extremelly itchy arms. It is only on my arms, top side. It is uncontrollable and so extreme I itch until I have broken skin. It is actually more than just an itch. It feels deep from within, like a prickly intense feeling inside my skin. It usually subsides sometime in January or February. This year I actually started itching end of June/July. This is going to be a long season if itching for me. I am miserable. Ice seems to help, probably numbing it. I take Neurotin 100mg during the day as needed for itch, which has been a lot lately. At night I take a Neurotin 300mg. This has been getting me throught the night most of the time. I just hate being tired all of the time. This is my 8th year with this problem. I have been to dermatologists, neuologists, general practitioners, and allergists. Nobody seems to be able to help me. Like I said, Neurotin helps, but I can't function on it and I have had to take a lot of it lately.
Help, please!
Help, please!
This is the first year that I have experienced the symptoms that have been discussed here and nothings that I have tried works to relieve the itching either. I am a landscaper plus I do all the grounds keeping on our 16-acre hardwood forest property in the Blue Ridge Mountains region of Virginia. Symptoms began in mid-September and occur only on my right upper arm from wrist to elbow. This is my dominant arm. Are any non-outdoor types contracting this problem? Do men experience this problem? It appears as though I would be wasting my time running around to doctors looking for a cure.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
The itch being seasonal and always in the same place suggests that it may be a contact dermatitis, irritant or allergic, to an exposure that only occurs during this time of year. Carefully catalogue your exposures during this time. You may be able to come-up with an answer.
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