Does anyone experience intense itching in their soft tissues, where they attach to bones? I suspect it is my tendons, and I do have tenosynovitis.
The worst itch is just below my knee, where the area feels hot too, but I also get itching in my instep and along the side of my foot.
The itch drives me mad at times.
I did mention the itching to my rheumatologist last week, but the conversation moved on.
ditto M . I put it down to disease activity. One on my foot drives me mad. I always get it when tendons play up in my planter area
Yes, I’ve only had the itching when disease activity has been high.
Yes. Especially around my wrists. Tendinitis or enthesitis - both a feature of PsA.
Yes but only when I have had uncontrolled RA, swollen, red knees. x
note my diagnosis is Stills Disease which for me manifests as rheumatoid disease. I also have tendinitis and Enthesitis at the site of a muscle injury and this foot is extremely itchy especially on the instep. Icing seems to relieve it a bit.
Yes I keep thinking it my enthesis getting better but no also arms itch.
Me too - mainly on finger joints and feet and very dry skin. Rheumy team not particularly interested in the past when I got to speak to them
Yes I get this, it’s enthesitis, and it’s usually associated with flaring. Can drive me crazy. I sometimes find voltarol gel eases it slightly, but nothing else has helped. I am so stiff that reaching me feet to itch is challenging, so I have a telescopic scratcher, in my bedside drawer, as it seems worse at night, when re ing to sleep. Hope it settles soon 🤗
yes, I have this when my arthritis is active. It is almost like a burning, I use pernaton gel and it helps greatly.
Morning. Yes I get itchy bits now and again. My fingers especially. I don’t know if it’s nodules forming/ trying to form… annoying but passes.
I mainly get it on fingers and where nodules form and I want to rip my skin off moments!
my elbow drives me crazy when it goes into itchy mode!!! Just my left one though. It feels like the itch is in my bone as my skin shows no signs of irritation at all.
Hello my dear. I have itches in the same places as you describe, I have to use Shea butter regularly to keep on top of the itches even though my skin doesn't feel dry. Never heard of itchiness in tendons and ligaments, so can't advise anything. Not another thing you really don't need!
Thankyou
I associate the sort of itching you're describing with inflammation that is retreating. I get it in the soft tissue around my knees for a few days when they're returning to "normal" after they've been badly swollen caused by an RA flare. I usually use cold packs to cool the area, plus voltarol gel and just wait for it to eventually subside.
Thankyou the itch has been driving me mad for a while now , hopefully retreating.
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