Stinging sensation after a bath

doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7486.304

BMJ 2005;330:304 (5 February), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7486.304

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Stinging sensation after a bath

Question

If a distressing stinging body sensation after a bath is unresponsiveto antihistamines, what might be the cause of the stinging sensation?

Akin T Akinlade, registrar

Department of Medicine, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria

Answer

Sounds like it could be Uhthoff's phenomenon, a symptom characteristicof demyelinating disorders such as multiple sclerosis.

Andrew Clegg, medical senior house officer

Leeds

Answer

Could it be scabies?

W Havinga, general practitioner locum

Gloucestershire

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