TOC  |  Derm   PRURITUS                                                                                                                                                    

Generalized but without diagnostic skin lesions

A. Dry skin or "senile" pruritus

B. Psychogenic: stress, or persistent delusions of parasitosis

C. Drug: subclinical drug sensitivities, opium derivatives

D. Infestations: pediculosis corporis, scabies, hookworm, onchocerciases

E. Liver: obstructive biliary disease, pregnancy intrahepatic cholestasis

F. Kidney: chronic renal failure

G. Hematologic: polycythemia vera, iron deficiency, mastocytosis

H. Malignancy: lymphoma & leukemia, other tumor (?)

I. Metabolic & endocrine: hyperthyroidism, Carcinoid syndrome, Diabetes mellitus

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