I read the following post in this forum. This is exactly the type of itch I get. It is not always present. I have actually gone for about two months with no itching at all. Now I am awake at 4:30am with such intense burning itch just under my skin. I cannot itch it better, but this is what my skin screams for. I feel like I could take a knife and cut off the top of my skin so that I can get to the actual itch.
I wonder if it is stress related in any way. I don't have any "known" stresses at this moment, but maybe there is something. It has been about one hour now and the burning is subsiding a bit.
Any help on this would be great.
by peepot, Jan 23, 2004 12:00AM
help!!! FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS I HAVE HAD AN ITCHY RASH ON MY FOREARMS. ONLY ON FOREARMS. IT BEGINS AS AN INTENSE STINGING AND BURNING ITCH ALMOST AS IF SOMETHING IS DEEP DOWN UNDER SKIN AND IS EATING OR STINGING ME. IT JUMPS BACK AND FORTH FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ARM OFF AND ON. NO CREAMS OR OINTMENTS RELIEVE ITCH. THE ONLY THING THAT ARRESTS THE ITCH IS AN ICE PACK. THE ITCH IS ALMOST ALWAYS WORSE LATE IN THE DAY AND AT NIGHT. I WORK FOR A PHYSICIAN AND SOMETIMES (no joke) A DIFFICULT PATIENT OR STRESSFULL SITUATION WILL START THE BURNING ITCH. I HAVE A SCABBY FOREARM RIGHT NOW FROM SCRATCHING SEVERELY 2 DAYS AGO DURING THE EXAMINATION OF A VERY DIFFICULT PATIENT. I HAVE BEEN TO A DERMATOLOGIST AND TRIED VARIOUS OINTMENTS AND CREAMS. IS THIS A FORM OF ECZEMA OR SOMETHING PSYCHOLOGICAL?? i NEED HELP, I AM SCARRING UP MY FOREARMS. PLEASE SOMEONE RESPOND.
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