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Poking itch

For about two weeks now I have had this itch. It started on my arm on the inside of my elbow. If feels like someone is poking me over and over in the same spot with a fox tail. Today I notice that there is a small light colored bruise on the same spot. My itch has now moved to a tiny poking spot on my elbow. When I do itch it. I will get a bad rash from it that will spread where I itch. I am nick naming this the poking itch. It drives me crazy. It bothers me more at night. It keeps me awake. I'm going to the doctors for the second time about this tonight. I went earlier and wasn't happy with old here try this cream and a rushed 5 minute doctors appointment. I do have to had I have also had lower back pain for the last two weeks as well. Not sure if it's related or not. I'll see what happens in about an hour.
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I don't believe I have eczema. I only get a rash if I itch the driving freaking crazy poking feeling. It woke me up last night. I just feel like there is a bug biting me over and over again in the same spot. I wanna cut my arm open and kill the mother freaker. Dam doctors at Kaiser is really starting to **** me off. There is no rash unless I itch the poking feeling. Someone please help me before I cut my arm open.
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Well I went back to the doctors tonight and they chalked it up to a flare up of eczema due to stress and gave me Triamcinolone Acetonide cream USP, 0.1%. I have also used a spay I got for my dogs hot spots and it has worked pretty good. I was able to sleep after using it. Natural Antipruitic/Fosters Healing skin care spray. As for my lower back pain they chalked that up to just being over worked from my job. They did find a small trace amount of blood in my urine. They said it could be the start of a urineary track infection. They are gonna send it out for more testing. In the mean time I'm gonna do what someone else said on here and that is DRINK MORE WATER. I do believe that will help out.
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