Can Nerve Damage Cause Itchiness?
Nerve Damage Nerve damage can result from excessive pressure on a nerve, repetitive motions, stretching the nerve or pinching it. It may also result from a disc problem in your back or scar tissue. Diabetes, lack of vitamin B12, infections, diseases and poisoning can also cause nerve damage. Neuropathic Neuropathic itch is the direct result of nerve damage. Neuropathic pain occurs when the peripheral and central nervous systems malfunction and become the origin of the pain, according to Dr. Steven Richeimer, chief of the division of pain medicine at Keck School of Medicine, University of Sourthern California, Los Angeles. Neurogenic Neurogenic itch occurs when when opioids, an analgesic substance, are released from the brain or when a synthetic version of an opioid is taken. This type of itch is not from nerve tissue damage but originates in the central nervous system. Pruritis When you suffer from itching this is referred to as pruritis. The stimuli that cause you to itch can come fro
