Table 3:
Systemic Causes of Generalized Pruritus
Systemic Causes of Generalized Pruritus
Other Disease/Conditions
Associated With Pruritus
  • Uremia
  • Cholestasis
  • Hodgkin's disease
  • Other lymphomas
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Iron deficiency anemia
  • Systemic carcinoma
  • Diabetes mellitus
    (questionable; perhaps localized)
  • Leukemia
  • Polycythemia vera
  • HIV infection
  • Brain abscess
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Drug hypersensitivity
  • Psychogenic
  • Pregnancy
  • Aging (senile pruritus)
  • Postmenopause
  • Multiple myeloma
  • Sjogren's syndrome
  • Carcinoid syndrome
  • Dumping syndrome
Adapted from reference 13.
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