
Brachioradial pruritus develops due to damage to nerves in the cervical spine (neck). Brachioradial Pruritusīrachioradial pruritus can make you feel itchy, tingling or stinging or a changed sensation on the skin of either or both arms. Many patients find that applying ice packs to the affected areas of the skin improves their symptoms. Although it is very tempting to scratch your arms, this will usually make the itching worse. You may also feel a stinging, burning, or tingling feeling, with the irritation on one or both of your arms.


The patient usually gets itchy forearms, but the irritation can spread to the upper arms and shoulders. Do you get very itchy arm yet your skin looks completely normal? If so, you may be suffering from a condition known as brachioradial pruritus.
