itchy ankles!!!????

Best to see GI or Dermatologist. Crohn's can certainly effect the skin --some signs are boils or lesions on the legs. For me, it was emptigo on my ankles--hives that blistered and became sticky. Good luck!

I have the same thing. Every once in awhile my ankles get very itchy and I scratch them until I get the little red bumps too.
I have Crohn's but I also have vericose veins. I alway thought that the itching was related to the veins and not the Crohn's but maybe I am wrong.
I too will keep following this post.

I also get itchy ankles. I thought it was a reaction fom working in the garden in the evening( I can not handle being in direct sunlight for any length of time). I will also watch this with interest as I often scratch myself silly. I use sting goes but that does not work. I also have had itchy shins and have scratched the lumps until they bleed.

Spuddie

hi! i also have itchy ankles and i always thought it was due to poor circulation or that i might have diabetes but i got tested for diabetes and i do not have that, Thank God!! so now i have no idea what the itchy ankles are from but i can't wait to see what others say it might be....

jacquie

wow! I can't believe all the replies. I also get when I am not feeling well (mild flare etc) a small itchy spot on my upper belly that I scratch and then in the morning all that is there is a tiny red spot. It is very interesting and I can't wait to read more posts.
Shelley

I'll be really interested to hear what your doctor says inflamed! I also find I'm most ichy at night, get raised bumps, but are hardly there later (except for when I shower -then they reappear). I'm scratching like crazy now, and I'll draw blood if I'm not careful (with little red dots).

BOTH TIMES I HAD ITCHY ANKLES THAT KEPT ME AWAKE AT NIGHT WAS WHEN I WAS IN TENNESSEE.  I WOULD SCRATCH SO MUCH I WOULD BREAK OUT IN A RASH.  I USED CORITZONE AND THAT HELPED.  IT LASTED about ONE WEEK BOTH TIMES.  I WENT TO THE DOCTOR TODAY AND WE TALKED about IT.  I TOLD HIM I SAW POSTS ON THE WEB.  HE SUGGESTED I ASK WHERE PEOPLE LIVE.  I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA AND DON'T HAVE THE PROBLEM HERE....ONLY WHEN I GO TO TENNESSEE.

Couldn't help but post, based on the Tennessee comment. I do not have Crohn's Disease. I do have DH, related to Celiacs. I don't think this is related to that. I do live in East Tennessee and my itchy ankles has struck again. Cannot sleep; hydrocortisone works. No visible marks. The itching is pretty bad. Very bizarre thing. I am 40, very healthy, and have no other medical problems. I am wondering if it something that contacts my skin during lawn mowing??

Update to my original post. Don't know what this itching is, but some hydro cortisone cream has really helped. I tried normal lotion but that made things worse. The hydrocortisone cream seems to be the answer. It would be nice to know the cause.

I am thrilled to hear I'm not crazy!  I've had itchy ankles a few times a year for years now.  I am healthy and don't have anything mentioned below.  I also don't get red bumps.  I just itch my ankles until they are raw.  I did do something crazy that seems to help.  I saw the healing powers of urine, yes, I mean pee.  I saw a story on TV that it helps take the sting away from jelly fish and bee stings, so I figured I'd try it...and it works!  I poured my urine all over the area and it took the itch away.  Problem is, the next day after I wash, I have to do it all over again.  I let it dry on my skin with a towel under my foot and it doesn't smell, but who's going to be at my feet.  LOL 

If anyone knows what causes this I would love to know and maybe I can take a pill instead.

I occasionally have itchy calves at night but thought it was dryness. Then last night for the first time I had the itchy ankles (no bumps/red spots), so went to the WWW for answers. (I live in Maryland.) Anyway, what worked for me -- and this works for me on poison ivy and the like as well -- is running water (as hot as you can stand) over the area for several seconds at a minimum. Although you have to do this as needed, no meds are needed, and it works.

I have had terrible itchy feet and ankles ever since I was a kid. My Dad has excema and has itchy feet too. I've had the itching so bad I thought I was going to flip my lid! When I was pregnant it was particularly bad. It gets bad after I take a hot bath too.

Lanacaine creme helps. With the numbing agent in it. I have no idea what causes this. I just chalk it up to my freaky body/allergies/ etc.

By the way... I had to stop taking Pentasa due to itchyness all over my body. I take Colazal instead and that is fine. Prevacid also made me itch. Prilosec does not. My doctor said it might be a reaction to some filler in the medication rather than the medication itself since these are very similar drugs to each other.