Prion pruritus

{{short description|Itching caused by Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease}}

Prion pruritus is the intense itching during the prodromal period of the Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.{{cite book | veditors = Freedberg IM, Eisen AZ, Wolff K, Austen KF, Goldsmith LA, Katz SI |year=2003 |title=Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine |edition=6th |publisher=McGraw-Hill |page=402 |isbn=978-0-07-138066-9}}