NOTE

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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