Recurrent itch! for at least the past 8yrs i have an itch in the same place on my arm. Any one else with this symptom?

[Suzie]

O a couple of occasions i have had it in exactly the same place on the other arm... i have not mentioned it to any professionals before as it seems so silly compared to other problems. But nice to know if anyone else has the same.

[Purpletop]

Not on my arm but my left ear does that intermittently. I have some drops for that but they only work to dampen the itch somewhat, not resolve the issue. My GP says it is another one of the lupus inexplicable things.

[Tigerlily4]

Yes, me, on the back of one calf for about 15 years. It drives me mad!

[megs_tom]

I have this on both arms in the same place although it is worse on the left. Mine are where you would get jabs. Sometimes when they are bad you can feel a lump under the skin. They also get really hot. I have mentioned this numerous times to doctors/rheumies and it has always been dismissed, which is frustrating as it can really get on my nerves and drive me craz!xxx

[Suzie]

Thanks, it is always the silly little things that drive you bonkers!

[Shanti]

Yes but on both legs below the knee which has settled in the left leg but the right calf and ankle are driving me mad.It is worse at night when my legs get warm in bed.

[brave]

Thankgod its not just me,my arms upper only itch like crazy ,doc s dismiss it as always

[tremarel]

Gosh thought it was just me ! My right shoulder have been itching for the last two years. It drives me mad especially at night. I've noticed in the last few weeks a few tiny crusty lumps have appeared & they bleed now. Going to keep an eye on them as having been on so many drugs for years things can turn nasty. Will have to mention to my consultant to get referred to dermatolgy soon me thinks.

[Suzie]

Get your Gp to check it out. My itch has no rash or spots it is just in exactly in the same place.

[Hidden in reply to Suzie]

Suzie, I know you posted this a long time ago but I'm having the same problem. An itch that is in the same spot on my back. No rash or spots but it kills me. Comes and goes. My dermatologist says it might be dry skin since I'm in AZ but I put lotions on it. Doesn't help. By chance by now do you know what your causes are? Have you found a solution?

[Suzie]

The itch for me is one of the first signs of a flare. Since being on hydroxy and avoiding the sun I rarely get it, and when I do I know it will be self limiting. Nothing eases or stops it, I think it is my brain misinterpreting a stimulus perhaps? I just try very hard not to itch it, doing something mindful is also helpful.

I find gardening the best way to be mindful, good luck.

[Uther98]

I have these symptoms. I've seen quite a few dermatologists, and they don't have the answers. After a few years of dealing with these symptoms, I've developed my own wacked-out theory as to the cause: dermal (and epidermal) ganglia and nerve bundles are subject to autonomic control, with complex dynamical systems - and in the case of persistent, localized itching, I wonder if the the synaptic waveform “trajectories” of these "itch" electrical impulses (due to possibly branch-redundant or "crossed" neural pathways in the skin, with varying interval time series) more closely resemble a "strange attractor" function than the periodic attractor characteristic of truly regular processes. An “attractor” is an algebraic description of the temporal pattern (i.e., the “trajectory”) of a system's behavior. A periodic attractor represents a system with regular oscillatory behavior (e.g., a sine wave), whereas a strange attractor represents a system with a complex, aperiodic (but repeating, self-similar) fractal behavior. And, the dynamics of systems that exhibit fractal behavior are typically self-similar; i.e., the time series and waveforms that the system generates are similar regardless of magnification factor. This chaotic, "strange attractor" neuronal signalling pathology could account for persistent, localized itching. In other words, these patches of itchy skin are due to the underlying nervous tissue "getting their wires crossed".