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burning itch below skin on forearm

I read the following post in this forum.  This is exactly the type of itch I get.  It is not always present.  I have actually gone for about two months with no itching at all.  Now I am awake at 4:30am with such intense burning itch just under my skin.  I cannot itch it better, but this is what my skin screams for.  I feel like I could take a knife and cut off the top of my skin so that I can get to the actual itch.  
I wonder if it is stress related in any way.  I don't have any "known" stresses at this moment, but maybe there is something.  It has been about one hour now and the burning is subsiding a bit.  
Any help on this would be great.

by peepot, Jan 23, 2004 12:00AM
help!!!  FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS I HAVE HAD AN ITCHY RASH ON MY FOREARMS. ONLY ON FOREARMS.  IT BEGINS AS AN INTENSE STINGING AND BURNING ITCH ALMOST AS IF SOMETHING IS DEEP DOWN UNDER SKIN AND IS EATING OR STINGING ME.  IT JUMPS BACK AND FORTH FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ARM OFF AND ON.  NO CREAMS OR OINTMENTS RELIEVE ITCH. THE ONLY THING THAT ARRESTS THE ITCH IS AN ICE PACK.  THE ITCH IS ALMOST ALWAYS WORSE LATE IN THE DAY AND AT NIGHT. I WORK FOR A PHYSICIAN AND SOMETIMES (no joke) A DIFFICULT PATIENT  OR STRESSFULL SITUATION WILL START THE BURNING ITCH. I HAVE A SCABBY FOREARM RIGHT NOW FROM SCRATCHING SEVERELY 2 DAYS AGO DURING THE EXAMINATION OF A VERY DIFFICULT PATIENT.  I HAVE BEEN TO A DERMATOLOGIST AND TRIED VARIOUS OINTMENTS AND CREAMS.  IS THIS A FORM OF ECZEMA OR SOMETHING PSYCHOLOGICAL?? i NEED HELP, I AM SCARRING UP MY FOREARMS.  PLEASE SOMEONE RESPOND.



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http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/FastFacts/pdfs/monkeypox_F.pdf

They do not tell you the rash burns your skin like a knife.
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I had a friend that had an affair with a girl that had rashes on her back like sandpaper he said but he did not know it until he touched her back after in the act. Later he developed this same rash on his back and it itched he said but when he itched it the itching felt like knives cutting under his skin. He said literally that it felt like he was slicing his skin off his body as he itched it was so painful. Later, he found out that a condition called "Monkey Pox" was the culprit and was spread by sex and thus it is an STD. Look it up and find someone to verify it if they ever had monkey pox.
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Thank you so much for this post.  It at least gave me answers as to what this could be.  
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Thankyou  I will try this cream
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I have had the same exact thing. The only thing that would help is ice. I have found something that works. It is a pain pen call flex24. I feel even a little twinge and I put that on and it goes away. It goes on as a liquid. I strongly recomment trying it. You can get it online for $9.99.
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i work in a tile company in glasgow and my arms itch and are burning all the time it might be the chemicals as you say
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