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Latest revision as of 18:10, 11 December 2024
Background
- i.e. itchiness
Clinical Features
- Excoriations
Differential Diagnosis
Pruritus
Dermatologic/Immunologic Disorders
- Xerosis
- Atopic dermatitis
- Allergic reaction
- Bullous pemphigoid
- Exfoliative erythroderma
- Miliaria (Heat Rash)
- Lichen sclerosus
- Blister chemical agents
Infection, Infection-associated, and Other Critters
- Varicella
- Pityriasis rosea, Erythema infectiosum
- Pruritic papular eruption of HIV
- Candida vulvovaginitis, Candida dermatitis
- Tinea
- Cercarial dermatitis
- Scabies, Lice, Bed bugs
- Herpes simplex
- Condyloma acuminata
- Strongyloides stercoralis, Enterobius, Fasciola hepatica, Loa loa, Dracunculiasis
Systemic Conditions
- Uremia
- Hyperbilirubinemia/cholestasis
- Hepatitis C
- Leukemia, Lymphoma
- Polycythemia vera
- Medication or drug of abuse adverse effect
- Psychiatric/psychogenic
Evaluation
Management
- Treat underlying condition
- Antihistamines, topical steroids often helpful