Exempel på pruritus

• Tiredness, lethargy, dyspnoea, pruritus, insomnia, weakness and deterioration in mobility are common and have significant impact on the quality of life.

• They postulated therefore that prurigo of pregnancy may arise as a result of pruritus gravidarum occurring in atopic women.

• During the early stages of the infection, clinical symptoms include persistent limbic pain and pruritus at the bite site and paraesthesiae.

• Aquagenic pruritus is characteristic and may even prevent some patients from bathing.

• For scabies, there is sometimes confusion with eczema but nocturnal pruritus is a particularly suggestive clinical feature helping to distinguish it.

• Pruritus may precede abnormal liver function tests in pregnant women with obstetric cholestasis: a longitudinal analysis.

• Generalized pruritus is fairly common and is usually aggravated by exposure to heat or cold.

• Management of pruritus is difficult, and patients rarely respond to traditional antipruritic regimens.

• Another three patients experienced mild side effects such as rash, pruritus, nausea, stomach ache, dizziness, lightheadedness, blurring of vision, and headache.

• Lesions tend to appear suddenly, may cause pruritus and the condition generally lasts 6 -12 months.

• The condition was formerly known as pruritus gravidarum, presenting with intense generalised pruritus often associated with obstructive jaundice and occurring in the latter half of pregnancy.

• It is much more common in women than men and can cause jaundice, itching (pruritus) and fatigue.

• Antidepressants and naltrexone may be used to control pruritus (itchiness).

• Other frequent side effects include skin dryness, pruritus, nausea, photodrug reactions (including popular acne medications used by teens), disease exacerbation and disease induction.

• Partial biliary diversion has been used to significantly reduce pruritus, jaundice, and xanthomas caused by poor bile flow in patients with bile duct paucity.