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Aquagenic Pruritus
Aka: Aquagenic Pruritus
- Epidemiology
- More common in middle aged males
- Symptoms
- Intense itching within 15 minutes of water contact
- Persists on average for 40 minutes
- Signs
- No associated skin findings (except excoriations)
- Differential Diagnosis
- See Pruritus Causes
- Xerotic Eczema
- Polycythemia Rubra Vera
- Management
- Treat concurrent Xerosis
- Capsaicin cream applied tid for 4 weeks
- Ultraviolet BPhototherapy
- Course
- May recur after each water exposure for years
- References
- Habif (1996) Dermatology, Mosby, p. 137
- Noble (2001) Primary Care Medicine, Mosby, p. 781