Itching article

[Cornhusker]

I recently saw a reply to someone’s post that had a link to an abstract/article about itching with CLL. I think it was a pub med publication. I emailed it to myself but never received it. I have now searched for it several times on this site but cannot find it. I must be using ineffective search terms. Could whoever posted it please post it again? Sorry for the inconvenience.

[AussieNeil Partner Administrator]

This post on itching from 10 days ago? healthunlocked.com/cllsuppo...

If you are after a more recent one, page back through the posts.

Neil

[Cornhusker in reply to AussieNeil]

It was just a few days ago. I’ll search the posts. Thanks for the response and tip.

[lankisterguy Volunteer]

Hi Cornhusker,

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I often answer posts about itching.

Here is a list of the 166 past postings that mentioned the word "itching"

healthunlocked.com/cllsuppo...

And the 81 times "itch" was included in the posting: healthunlocked.com/cllsuppo...

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As  AussieNeil suggested, you can also use the "Related Posts" box on this page (upper right column on computers, scroll way below on mobile devices). That box will show past posts that have the word "itching" or "itch" in the title (only)

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Our archives has over 950 postings that mention skin issues and CLL:

healthunlocked.com/cllsuppo...

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The NIH has several papers suggesting that CLL itself leads to skin issues, as noted here:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/174...

SNIP: "Cutaneous lesions occur in up to 25% of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). These can be caused by either cutaneous seeding by leukemic cells (leukemia cutis, LC) and other malignant diseases or nonmalignant disorders. Skin infiltration with B-lymphocyte CLL manifests as solitary, grouped, or generalized papules, plaques, nodules, or large tumors.....The most common secondary cutaneous changes seen in CLL are those of infectious or hemorrhagic origin. Other secondary lesions present as vasculitis, purpura, generalized pruritus, exfoliative erythroderma, and paraneoplastic pemphigus. An exaggerated reaction to an insect bite and insect bite-like reactions have been also observed".

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Len

[Cornhusker in reply to lankisterguy]

Thanks Len!

[Hoffy]

Sometimes high IgE can cause itching. It’s not that common but you could check your levels at your next blood test.

Imbruvica seems to help control my itching.

Be well,

Hoffy

[Notmuchenergy]

I am on w&w and I find that when my haemaglobin is a bit low I get very itchy. Since I’ve been taking Spatone iron drink every other day my itching has cleared up. Maybe look at your haemaglobin figures.