Thanks everyone for all this information! ..sounds like there has been lots of itchy hodgkins patients! I didn't have itching as a symptom before i was diagnosed.. just weight loss, night sweats and a lump in my neck.. I wonder if you are more likely to have the same symptoms if you relapse..? Anyhoo I have booked another doctors appointment with a different doctor for tomorrow because I can't stand this itching anymore and need some cream or something! It's stopping me from sleeping it's that bad.. so i'm a pretty grumpy girl at the minute lol. I now also have small blood spots under my skin, i think from all the scratching! However I do not have any lumps or swollen lymph nodes at the moment thank god. I am not totally convinced of the doctors diagnosis of a viral rash to be honest, I just think it would have gone by now and I haven't really felt ill with it at all. I am starting to wonder whether it may be scabies... GROSS! But really I would choose scabies over Hodgkin's any day!!! Infact I should be bloody happy to have scabies... Bring on the scabies I say! lol

Best wishes to you all xxx

Omg Janet! you had it for a year before you were diagnosed! You must have been so fed up and i imagine red raw from scratching! ouch. But yeah i guess doctors don't really connect the itchy rash straight to lymphoma as I think it is pretty rare to have a rash with the itching as a symptom. Plus a rash could be sooo many different things that it is pretty hard for doctors to diagnose (as I have found out with mine! lol). I hope this rash you have now isn't lymphoma related also.. it sounds as though it wont be though if you have just had a scan that came back cancer free ! I went to another doctor last week, told her the whole story and that i now think it could be scabies.. she basically said that she wasn't sure what it was but that it wouldn't hurt to do the scabies treatment and see if it goes away. Only bad thing about this is that all my housemates and my boyfriend had to do the treatment too even though they have no symptoms.. yeah that wasn't great having to tell everyone i could have given them the lurgy! lol. But nevermind, I have done the treatment cream now and have to do another 1 in 7days. Then apparently it can take afew weeks to get better, so I may have to wait a while till i know if it is definatly scabies. Can't wait to be itch free.. i have forgotten what that feels like! lol. Anyway I will stop boring you all with my minging rash.. Just wanted to say thanks so much everyone for all your kind words and support not to mention all your itchy rash related info and experiences! :-)

Millie xxx

Heya,

Yeah I would definatly go to the doctor if the itching is that bad! It is REALLY unlikely that it will be lymphoma related but whatever it is, if it is causing you that much grief then you should go to the doctor. At least then they can find out what it is and give you something to stop the itching! You could even tell them that you are worried it could be Hodgkins and i am sure they will whatever they can to put your mind at rest. You said that you have been ill recently so it may be something viral i guess. Usually with Hodgkins you would have more symptoms than just the itching... check that you don't have any lumps in your neck, around your collar bone area, under your armpits or in your groin area. Also have you had any night sweats? and by that i mean literally waking up drenched! Seriously try not to worry about it.. i'm sure all will be fine. Talking from experience, sometimes googling your symptoms can be more of a hinderance than a help really and just plain scare yourself shitless! Your symptoms could be a number of less serious things. Anyway I hope you feel better soon and stop itching!

Best wishes