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disorders_that_may_cause_pruritus
- Cutaneous disorders
- Inflammatory*
- Neurodermatitis¶
- Idiopathic xerosis in older adults
- Burns and scars
- Renal disease
- End-stage chronic renal failure
- Liver disease
- Primary biliary cholangitis
- Cholestatic jaundice
- Hepatitis C
- Cholestasis of pregnancy
- Hematopoietic disease
- Polycythemia vera
- Iron deficiency anemia
- Mastocytosis
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Multiple myeloma
- Endocrine and metabolic disorders
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Diabetes
- Carcinoid syndrome
- Infectious and parasitic disorders
- Superficial fungal infections
- Scabies
- HIV infection
- Onchocerciasis
- Varicella
- Autoimmune disorders
- Dermatomyositis
- Scleroderma
- Sjögren syndrome
- Neurologic disorders
- Brachioradial pruritus
- Notalgia paresthetica
- Postherpetic neuralgia
- Multiple sclerosis
- Cerebrovascular accident
- Psychogenic disorders
- Depression
- Psychogenic excoriation
- Delusional infestation (also called delusional parasitosis)
- Anorexia nervosa
- Eg, dermatitis, urticaria, psoriasis, pityriasis rosea, pityriasis rubra pilaris, acne, dermatitis herpetiformis, bullous pemphigoid, linear immunoglobulin A (IgA) disease.
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