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Looking for answers for my 14 yr old son who complains that his legs itch from the knees down, when he stands still.  This is not stress related and it is not a skin condition.  He is not overly active and not over weight.  He plays sax and finds this annoying when standing.  If anyone has found any solid information about this since the topic started I would appreciate it.  Sounds circulatory to me in a way but obviously not something doctors are much aware of.
 
Itchy legs? 

It is probably something autoimmune.  Exposure to a particular type of chemical should be suspect
 

I would be sure to see that he is not exposed to cleaning products or carpet cleaning chemicals. (The organic solvent/ pesticide 2-butoxyethanol, butyl ... or ethylene glycol monobutyl ether is the worst culprit.) Has he had a serious flu, even if not recently? An ongoing 'cold' or diarrhea episodes unrelated to what he ate?

If so, what was going on just previously? That might tell you what the exposure is. Be careful to watch for his body complaining when going to houses of other people. As the chemical can be in the air there, and get into his eyes.

Reading some of the prior posts, it sounds like the chronic version of what Pres FDR had (He did not have polio as is generally thought): but Guillian-Barré syndrome - an inflammatory affliction in which the body's immune system attacks the peripheral nerves — those nerves beyond the brain and spinal cord.

CIDP (Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy) is closely related to Guillain-Barre syndrome and it is considered the chronic counterpart of that acute disease.

It is probably something autoimmune. For very serious exposure, like Kawasaki Syndrome showing up (Jett Travolta), gamma globulin treatment seems to help; but I'm sure that is reserved for very serious autoimmune issues.

You might also check into glycobiology for help;

Does he also have very bad headaches? and signs of fatigue or CFIDS, CFS, FM type symptoms?

 

 

I think they give some type of BUTYL or 2-butoxyethanol at some phase of child birth ... would possibly cause CFIDS .... and HELLP Syndrome  Memory loss, headaches, depression would go with, if so

CIDP?

... comments on neuropathy & having MRIs ... changes in his sense of balance, co-ordination ... a tingling in fingers & toes - (Consider CIDP the 'chronic version of what Pres FDR had)

Autoimmune Issue!  *

 

 
Fibromyalgia, CFS, CFIDS "There is increasing recognition that FM and CFS may be autoimmune in nature." Dr. David Moskowitz ("symptoms of CFS and FM most resemble the flu")

What 2-butoxyethanol should be suspect for causing
FLU    1347   1918  Just Because 2-butoxyethanol or similar chemicals cause autoimmune metabolic issues - Flu-like symptoms
Meningitis It may be caused by an autoimmune reaction,
in which the body attacks its own tissues. Source  Example ?
Guillain-Barré syndrome:  an autoimmune disease that damages sensory and motor nerves,"  Dr. Armond Goldman, an emeritus professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UTMB The paralysis which struck Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) in 1921 was not caused by poliomyelitis, as has been universally assumed by physicians and historians, according to researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). They believe that the most likely cause of FDR's paralysis was Guillain-Barré syndrome. 

What did Pres FDR die of?  
CIDP

Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy  *

CIDP is closely related to Guillain-Barre syndrome and it is considered the chronic counterpart of that acute disease.

It is now suspected that he didn't have polio, but

Does cousin Daisy Suckley's Diary of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, America's 32nd President, mention a time when he had flu-like symptoms?   He did in 1917

  A cheery fellow - 'Happy Days'

The History Channel Documentary 4-23-05 and 4-24-05, 

FDR: A Presidency Revealed talked about things that would be like what overexposure to 2-butoxyethanol would cause: * enlarged heart,  many horrible HEADACHES -   some at the base of the head, tired, ashen/pale color, difficulty finishing thoughts in sentences (short term memory loss), difficulty concentrating. Also high blood pressure (180/105), rapid weight loss (liver?)

Repeated headaches.  Headaches were intensifying

4-11-45 as he went to bed he was 'shivering'    (chills?)  Chills?  Chills?  Cold to the Core 

After an acute headache at the back of his head, he collapsed on 4-12-45 and died a few hours later.  It is reported that he died of a cerebral hemorrhage ... was there an autopsy? NO! If it was advanced stages of the fatigue of CFIDS ... the doctors would not have found it.  They still don't even now - 60 + years later.

      What we would call CFIDS or 'gulf war syndrome' today.
 

Avoid BUTYL *

Rapid heart beat can be an anemia sign? Are you tired a lot?

so is shortness of breath, by the way

http://www.valdezlink.com/re/thecfidsview.htm#chills



Itchy legs?

It is probably something autoimmune    CIDP?

http://www.valdezlink.com/re/medh/itchylegs.htm#to
"Gamma globulin may also be used to treat immunological diseases other than deficiencies. For example, in immunological thrombocytopenia purpura, the patient's antibodies attack his or her own platelets, interfering with the blood's ability to clot. Gamma globulin injections are useful in treating this condition, though the mechanism by which they work is not fully understood. The injections may cause the spleen to ignore signals to destroy the antibody-tagged platelets, or they may cause the malfunctioning gamma globulin to degrade at an increased rate. In any case, the extra gamma globulin counteracts the malfunctioning antibodies that attack platelets and allows the platelets to thrive."