Chronic Itchy Skin Specialists Yorktown Heights NY

Find Chronic Itchy Skin Specialists in Yorktown Heights, NY. Whether you’re seeking treatment or looking to schedule a preventative screening, we can connect you with the best dermatologists near you in Yorktown Heights, NY.

Local Businesses

Ent & Allergy Assocs

(914) 245-2681
2649 Strang Blvd Ste 206
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598


Peter Bogdan

914-245-0400
3505 Hill Blvd Suite C
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598


Zisblatt Martin

(914) 962-3413
3505 Hill Blvd Ste B
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598


Martin Zisblatt

914-962-3414
3505 Hill Blvd
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598


Cindy Francyn Hoffman

(914) 245-8308
200 Veterans Rd – Suite 14
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598


Martin Zisblatt

(914) 962-3413
3505 Hill Blvd
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598


Hoffman, Cindy

845-896-3636
200 Veterans Rd Ste 14
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598


Chronic Itchy Skin Specialists FAQ in Yorktown Heights, NY

What were your first signs of lymphoma?

Painless swelling of lymph nodes in your neck, armpits or groin. Persistent fatigue. Fever. Night sweats. Shortness of breath. Unexplained weight loss. Itchy skin.

Is neuropathic itch permanent?

Neuropathic itching, however, won’t go away. Worse than that is the fact that it’s common, underrecognized, and often misdiagnosed. With neuropathic itching, nerves in the upper (cervical) spine, likely compressed by vertebrae, cause the itch sensation.

What inflammation causes itching?

While some inflammatory skin diseases such as lupus erythematosus, cellulitis, and pityriasis lichenoides may or may not cause itch, others such as psoriasis and atopic dermatitis (AD) cause moderate-to-severe itch in a majority of the patients. It is important to find the key mediators that cause such differences.

What are the five signs of lupus?

Fatigue. Fever. Joint pain, stiffness and swelling. Butterfly-shaped rash on the face that covers the cheeks and bridge of the nose or rashes elsewhere on the body. Skin lesions that appear or worsen with sun exposure.

Why is my body itching continuously?

Common causes of itching parasitic infestations – such as scabies. insect bites and stings. fungal infections – such as athlete’s foot or vaginal thrush. hormonal changes during pregnancy or the menopause.

Can spinal problems cause itching?

Spinal nerve compression: Degenerative diseases, such as arthritis, can damage the spinal column. When this happens, nerves can become trapped, and these nerves can generate pain and itchiness.

Is itching physical or psychological?

Psychological factors are known to modulate itch in all patients, but there is a specific diagnosis of psychogenic itch that must be proposed cautiously. Neurophysiological and psychological theories are not mutually exclusive and can be used to better understand this disorder. Itch can be mentally induced.

What is the Hodgkins itch?

Hodgkin itch is known medically as “paraneoplastic pruritus,” and it occurs in other blood cancers as well, but Hodgkin lymphoma seems to produce this symptom in a greater percentage of patients and itchiness has been recognized as a symptom for some time.

Can coffee cause itching?

Symptoms of a caffeine allergy include: itchy skin. hives. swelling of the throat or tongue.

Why am I still itchy after taking antihistamine?

But with this acute itching, a different type of cell in the bloodstream transmits itch signals to the nerves. Those cells produce too much of another non-histamine substance that triggers itch; therefore, antihistamines don’t work in response to such signals.