This is such an interesting kind of itching, in which the hands itch terribly from wrist to elbow. Closer to the elbow. The outer side of the hand itches at about the place with which we push in a crowd of people. Occasionally, itching rises higher to the neck, spreads to the chest, back and even appears in the legs.
For the first time, they wrote about such an itch back in 1968.
There are two theories the appearance of brachioradial itching:
- It is suspected that the matter may be in the clamping of the nerve roots in the neck.
- Some people believe that the sun is to blame, which is exactly where it shines.
Proponents of the idea of damaged nerves usually brandish tomograms, which show how nerves are pinched between the cervical vertebrae.
Supporters of the theory of the sun emphasize that brachioradial itching occurs mainly in women with fair skin and just in those places that are exposed to light.
In most cases, people suffer for about a couple of years before they get the correct diagnosis.
About half of the victims swear that it all began at the end of the summer after all kinds of sunburns and spas.
Ice pack symptom
Almost all people with brachioradial itching love to apply ice to the itchy area. This is such a diagnostic sign. Itching is instantly relieved.
Where to run
This itch cannot be shared between neurologists and dermatologists. Well, that is, dermatologists are engaged in combed skin. They painstakingly paint all the nuances of itching, but when it comes to examination and treatment, the patient is sent to a neurologist. Because it is neurologists who examine the nerves pinched in the neck.
So if you are a woman over 45 with fair skin, and at the end of summer your hand was combing closer to the elbow, then you will have to go to a dermatologist and a neurologist.
Have you met such a sore?
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