Chronic pruritus

Gil Yosipovitch; Jeffrey D. Bernhard

doi:10.1056/NEJMcp1208814

Chronic pruritus

Gil Yosipovitch, Jeffrey D. Bernhard

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An otherwise healthy 55-year-old man reports that he has been itchy all over for 6 months. The itch interferes with falling asleep and wakes him repeatedly during the night. Initially, there was no rash, but during the past 4 months, itchy nodules and plaques have developed on his back, arms, and legs. Treatment with sedating and nonsedating oral antihistamines and topical glucocorticoids has had no effect. How would you evaluate and manage this case?

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1625-1634
Number of pages	10
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	368
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMcp1208814
State	Published - Apr 25 2013
Externally published	Yes

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