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Hello my wife has been experiencing EXTREMELY itchy hands at night. Usually starts at 11:00pm but on occasion can happen earlier. Starts with one hand and now spreads to the other. Recently has started to also affect her feet. I have been rubbing cortisone in and that takes a few minutes and then the itching will subside.

When her hands are itching it goes from a small itch to unbearable really fast. It doesn't happen every night.

She has never had anything like this before.

Is this psychological? What can be the cause of this and what are the best next steps?

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Hello,

Thank you for choosing DoctorSpring.

Since your wife is having severe itching which responds to cortisone it might not be psychological. Or rather it is bit premature to term it psychological.

The most likely and most common cause is an allergic dermatological reaction to a external antigen (such as metals, pollens , dust, food etc). So as a first step what you should do is to remove and replace any new item that she might come in contact in that particular time period. Also analyse the dinner (any new ingredient ? any new utensils ?) . Change your bed and pillow cover.

Instead of the cortisone cream she can take a OTC anti allergic medication like Allegra once a day around 7-8pm in the night. Her symptoms should resolve in 2-3 days. After 2-3 days stop the medication and see whether this is recurring. If so she will require a basic panel blood tests and dermatological evaluation.

Hope this helps
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Dr. Jaydeep Tripathy
Category: HIV- AIDS Specialist
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MBBS from Sri Ramachandra University in December 2011
M.Med (Family Medicine) - TNMGR University, Chennai
MBA-MPH in Public Health in March 2016, SRM University
Finished AFIH in March 2016, SRM University
MRCP ( UK ), Internal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, June 2016
Fellowship in Diabetology from Martin Luther University in January 2017

Currently Resident Physician, in MD Radiodiagnosis - Kamakshi Memorial Hospital, Chennai
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