TOPLINE:

In a study, patients with neuropathic pruritus showed significantly higher rates of anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and falls than healthy individuals. Gabapentin and topical corticosteroids were the most prescribed treatment agents with high success rates.

METHODOLOGY:

Researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study of 71 adults with neuropathic pruritus at the University of Maryland outpatient dermatology clinic between January 2017 and January 2023.

Overall, 32.4% of patients had notalgia paresthetica, 52.1% had scalp dysesthesia, and 9.9% had generalized neuropathic pruritus.

They also assessed 71 healthy individuals without neuropathic pruritus from the same clinic with clinically normal skin and no pruritus or inflammatory dermatoses.

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