# Vibration and itchy hands **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 23, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vibration-and-itchy-hands/246697 "2004-05-23T22:18:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vibration-and-itchy-hands/246697/21 "2012-02-23T20:37:50Z")
> [@Qwisp](#): > > I get itchy from the vibration of mowing the lawn, from running or walking fast (my thighs) I also get real itchy when the jets in a jacuzzi hit my skin directly. I’m not alergic to anything and I rarly get hives. My husband thiks I’m crazy when I tell him my hands itch so bad from mowing the lawn I can’t do it. It’s nice to hear I’m not the only crazy person here. Try running a 90 lb. pneumatic jack-hammer for 6-8 hours. :eek: I know _ **exactly** _ what that itch feels like, all the way up to my elbows. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![PgcTjp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PgcTjp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PgcTjp)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vibration-and-itchy-hands/246697/22 "2012-08-11T15:32:16Z")
They do not know what causes this, and may be genetic. Dr Hirsh Komorow at NIH in Bethesda is researching this. I have gone twice for blood tests, vibrational trials. He and his staff are great to work with, and just going to the NIH is a trip. Here is the web link , Sarah Arceo the referral coordinator is great also. [http://clinicalstudies.info.nih.gov/...09-I-0126.html](http://clinicalstudies.info.nih.gov/...09-I-0126.html) ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vibration-and-itchy-hands/246697/23 "2012-08-12T18:19:30Z")
> [@Qwisp](#): > > I get itchy from the vibration of mowing the lawn, from running or walking fast (my thighs) I also get real itchy when the jets in a jacuzzi hit my skin directly. I’m not alergic to anything and I rarly get hives. My husband thiks I’m crazy when I tell him my hands itch so bad from mowing the lawn I can’t do it. It’s nice to hear I’m not the only crazy person here. I was going to post almost this exact same thing. Mowing the lawn, running or walking fast, jacuzzi jets - all make me itchy. It’s even worse now because my diuretic has my hands and face and feet itching all the time anyway and those activities make it even worse. My boyfriend thinks I’m nuts. None of these things make him itch. I’ve also recently started playing raquetball (by myself) and the vibration of hitting the ball is an itch inducer too. I’m going to try an antihistamine next time I go to the gym. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vibration-and-itchy-hands/246697/24 "2012-08-12T20:55:18Z")
Nonsense all of it. Itchy hands is a symptom of zombieism! ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vibration-and-itchy-hands/246697/25 "2012-08-13T03:16:04Z")
> [@choosybeggar](#): > > I’d put my money on mast cell histamine release. This mechanism underlies a common itchy eruption, hives. Many physical factors may trigger histamine release from mast cells in sensitive individuals (including exercise, cold, sun exposure). My derm textbook (Andrew’s) discusses vibration as a cause of angoiedema (swelling of the airway) in predisposed individuals, which is also histamine mediated. I interpret vibration-induced hand itching as a milder end of the vibrational histamine-induced spectrum. Professional singers’ vocal cords vibrate a lot, to say the least. Any cause and effect cases you know of? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vibration-and-itchy-hands/246697.md?page=1)