Aquagenic pruritus

Aquagenic pruritus: Introduction

Aquagenic pruritus: Aquagenic pruritus is a skin disease characterized by the development of severe, intense, prickling-like epidermal itching that is without observable skin lesions and that is evoked by contact with water. See detailed information below for a list of 3 causes of Aquagenic pruritus, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Definitions of Aquagenic pruritus:

Aquagenic pruritus: intense itching produced by brief contact with water at any temperature, unaccompanied by visible changes in the skin.
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Detailed list of causes of Aquagenic pruritus

The list below shows some of the causes of Aquagenic pruritus mentioned in various sources:

• Polycythemia vera
• Primary polycythemia
• Swimmers
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See full list of 3 causes of Aquagenic pruritus

How Common are these Causes of Aquagenic pruritus?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Aquagenic pruritus. Of the 3 causes of Aquagenic pruritus that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 0 causes are "very common" diseases
• 0 causes are "common" diseases
• 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 0 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 3 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 3 causes of Aquagenic pruritus

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Aquagenic pruritus:

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Medical Conditions associated with Aquagenic pruritus:

Skin symptoms (5992 causes), Sensory symptoms (7134 causes), Nerve symptoms (9132 causes), Neurological symptoms (9575 causes), Pain (6458 causes), Sensations (6520 causes), Brain symptoms (2787 causes), Skin problems (3422 causes), Common symptoms (8589 causes), Body symptoms (5672 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes)

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Aquagenic pruritus

Medical research papers related to Aquagenic pruritus include:

• Hypereosinophilic Syndrome (Treatment)
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• Contact Dermatitis (Treatment)
• Contact Dermatitis (Diagnosis)
• Pruritus and Systemic Disease (Overview)
• Polycythemia Vera (Overview)
• Contact Dermatitis (Follow-up)
• Hypereosinophilic Syndrome (Diagnosis)

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