And Dr Donald Grant, a Bristol-based GP and a senior clinical advisor for the online chemist The Independent Pharmacy, doesn’t just mean that your hand being itchy is a sign you’ve been bitten ...
After two months of agonising itching, in which it didn't even occur to me to seek medical help, I was sitting at my desk at work when I just brushed my hand against my neck and shoulder.
A newlywed cancer counsellor claims doctors said her itching 'downstairs' was just the 'menopause' - only to discover she had an ultra rare terminal cancer that even she'd never heard of.