Immunologic Eruptions of Aging: Reframing Chronic Pruritic Rashes in Older Adults

A man in his 90's with severe generalized pruritus that wakes him from sleep every 2-3 hours. A woman in her 70's with constant, unrelenting itch despite a decade of diagnoses and failed treatments. These and other presentations of chronic pruritic eruptions in older adults are all too familiar in the field of dermatology. In fact, it is estimated that nearly half of all adults over the age of 60 have age-related pruritus.