I have a itchy spot in the middle of my right foot with no other signs or symptoms. It just itches in one pinpoint spot. No redness, blisters, or swelling. It almost feels like the itch is under my skin. Causes?

OMG - I thought I was alone until I found this forum! There's this ONE SPOT on the bottom of my right foot that has itched for over 7 years. The scratch doesn't originate on the surface of the skin but deep inside. I scratch it so often that it has become this calloused mound. The more I scratch, the thicker the callous and it becomes even HARDER reach the itch inside my skin! Sometimes I use sharp objects to "dig in" and reach the spot -the relief is just indescribable. There is absolutely nothing apparent on the surface of the skin that would indicate there is a problem.

After some further research, I was relieved that there are many others with an itchy spot somewhere on the bottom of the foot that never goes away. What's disconcerting is that all agree it's a MYSTERY. One individual I read about went to a neurologist for an MRI, saw 3 podiatrists, a dermatologist, and an acupuncturist to find absolutely nothing. That same individual also had a cortisone injection on the spot and the relief lasted an hour. Another individual had a small biopsy and again there was nothing. One doctor told me that it might be a nerve at the bottom of my foot that just went berserk. Ideas???

I have also had this a few times. it gets soooo annoying! I never knew what it was. I would almost scratch my foot raw it was so itchy.

I have the same thing too. Mine is on the bottom of my right foot only in the center just below the ball or pad off-center towards the outside edge. I have seen doctors who didn't know what it was, One thought it was my walk and because I have minor osteoarthritis on my big toe (it pops all the time and it gets a bit stiff in the cold) but I got orthotics and I have tested it by staying off of it for several days and it still itches. I know it is not athletes foot because I know what that looks like. I have had it itch so bad that I started to peel off the skin (a bit callous in that area but not solid hard). Then throughout the day I have to basically put my weight on the side of my foot to try to fold the bottom of my foot a bit in order to make that area tingle and get some relief. I have had electro-acupuncture (hurts initially on the bottom of the foot but the hurts in a good way during the pulses then it is fine for about 2 hours then it itches again). I am trying a candida and parasite cleansing now to see if that is it (even though all candida materials talk about rashes and athletes foot, but this is not that). It is just an itching in one area that is now a lot worse because I peeled off the skin. I am M, 36, 6'1", 175 lbs and healthy. Does anyone know what this is? Please Help!!!!

I have exactly the same symptom! I've had it for about 5 years, it sometimes drives me nuts, especially when I get a bit stressed. It's very hard to itch cause it is deep under the thick skin in the middle of the heal, so I use something sharp to get at it.

I'm a doctor and I have no idea what causes it (I do occasionally suspect madness though - colleagues I have quizzed have suggested the same). There is NO medical literature on this one.

Are you kindred suffers sane?. I'm glad that there's someone in the world who understands the itchy spot. My sympathies to you...

I just found this blog which I don't even know if I will get a response after this amount of time but it's worth a try. I have the same symtoms. Exactly as Ash explains. Same foot even. This has been going on for about 5 years that I can remember. I am not over weight nor do I eat unhealthy. I want to know what this could be? Thanks for the help.

Well I guess I will add my self to the list of everyone that has an unreachable itchy spot on the bottom of the right foot. Is it me, or are nearly all replies to this forum say the spot is on the right foot. I find that interesting. Well I am going to the doctor soon, and bringing a copy of this discussion to prove i am not crazy.

Me too. Glad to have some company but I don't see any answers...

Scratch away...

Wow, This is one of the craziest things I've ever read about. Imagine that, a human ailment that the doctor's don't know a thing about! Anyway, I developed an "itch" in the arch of my left foot just before the heel along with the big and little toe. The symptoms are just like many have described on the message board. I couldn't sleep during my afternoon nap and that's definitely not normal.

It just so happens that I just finished mopping the floors in my home before my nap. I was mopping barefoot. Don't know what's up with that, however, the itch was so bad that I got on Google and typed in "foot itches for no reason" and found this site.

And now, I have some good news. I found another use for a deep vibrator. I had purchased this tool for use on my lower back after surgery as my therapist mentioned that it would help to reduce muscle stress and therefore reduce back pain. It works!

So, while I was reading about all of the other folks that have this foot itching problem, I got the vibrator out and begin to massage my arch and toes with it. Guess what, It feels like the best thing ever. After about 5 minutes of massaging the areas where the itching was, the itch subsided and hasn't returned for about twenty minutes.

Now, it must be noted that I have never suffered from the chronic itching that most of the folks I've been reading about have suffered from. However, It couldn't hurt to try the vibrator method. At least, while you're vibrating – It DOESN'T itch. So you will get a few minutes of relief anyway.

If I ever have the problem again, you know what I'm going to do.
BTW the vibrator I used was a Sharper Image Model: HF758, Personal Percussion Massager with Heat.

I hope this information helps some of you folks because from what little experience I had with the itching I can see that it is quite maddening.

This is too strange. I have had my itch for over 25 years. It is in the arch of my right foot. No redness, rash, peeling or any other symptom. It is worst in the warm months and sometimes totally abates in the winter months. Scratching feels so good it is like a relief/pleasure point in my brain also. The worst is trying to scratch it on the brake pedal of my car while driving. Thank God for seat belts. I had a culture done with skin scrapings which turned up nothing at all. I have just learned to live with it. Cold or a few dabs of alcohol do help. Anything cold.
Steroid creams, anti fungal and antibiotic ointments did nothing at all. So I take off my sock to all you fellow scratchers.

I don't think it's cancer, so you can rule out that....
;-)

My feet itch in spots after I mop the floor,either with or without socks on.

loofah loofah loofah

the socks aren't the answer. my foot itchwa after i take my socks off. it will itch all night. i guess it must be a wackey nerve

I have this too... although I actually kind of enjoy it, since scratching it feels so good. LOL. Having someone else scritch it for me allows me to just melt into the couch instead of intensely do it myself until I collapse.

I have had it for several years now... I hope it doesn't start becoming painful one day. I find it slightly perplexing that I have had it this long, and the idea of it being a nerve weirds me out a bit. But it feels so good and I wonder what it feels like for other people, if it is the same... because some of you hate it so much, but I actually kind of hope it doesn't go away.

Its just a samll nerve ending. it will soon pass.

You can get athletes foot anywhere on your foot and not just between the toes. I see that diagnosis has been covered. Here is another thought, which goes along with the woman who called it a wacky nerve.

http://www.footphysicians.com/footankleinfo/mortons-neuroma.htm

http://www.footsmart.com/C-Mortons-Neuroma-Relief-Products-54.aspx

I have had the same itchy spot running along the inside arch of my right foot for over a year now. I read somewhere that you can "build up" a constant itchy spot by continually scratching one spot for an extended period of time. I forgot what the condition was called.

Anyway, mine doesn't affect me most of the day. Usually when I'm at a desk wearing shoes (moisture and heat do seem to be factors for me as well.) My favorite apparatus to scratch the area is a beer-bottle cap---though sometimes I get too rough with it and "exfoliate" too much skin, making the area raw and not fun to scratch.

I can't say I hate it because I never lose sleep over it. It actually can be quite dependable and rewarding for the relief/pleasure-centers in my brain... I do believe that if I left it alone it would eventually go away, and don't believe it has anything to do with a fungal infection. My best advice would be to avoid scratching it at all costs for at least a few weeks (if possible), and then see where you're at...

Wow!! I'm not the only one!! A couple of days ago, I itched my spot so hard that the next day, there was a small blister on the spot!! I popped the blister gently and decided to put some cortisone on it. I guess, after reading all your comments, that the itch is really a pretty benign thing. I tend to think it is just the result of a "wacky" nerve ending. The spot doesn't really bother me all that much, but sometimes at night, when I decide to scratch it, the very act of scratching makes it worse. The thing to do in my case, I guess, is just to leave it alone.

A flea...or a tick...or an alien implant

OMG!!! Like many of you I have an itchy spot (I call it a hot spot) on my left arch. AND I thought I was the only one. I've had it for over 10 years. People think I'm crazy. I will rub it on something rough (Conrete Step, Box Spring etc.) until it's on fire (indian burn). I can't find any relief.
I was hoping a Doctor would respond to this and tell me a cure. ANY DOCTORS????

I also have an itch in my left foot at the base of my great toe. The itch comes and goes and does wake me up at night alot. There is nothing you can do to get to the itch. Sometimes I just try to relax and go back to sleep and use mind control and it helps sometimes, but not often. I have tried everything. I also have gout flair ups and I am thinking that it may be the fine crystal urea that comes from the gout that settles in one spot and causes intense itching. Who knows, but it does tend to almost drive you nuts. Glad to see so many others have the problem.

FYI...the ice pad worked. I applied it to the area for about 5-10 minutes.

Nice to know I'm not alone. I'm 65 and no diabetes. This problem just started for me about the beginning of spring. I have the first lawn I've ever owned in my life and bought some yard shoes for working outside this year. I also started doing 1 hr 4 X a week about 5 weeks ago on the elliptical and treadmill at the gym. My deep itch is bottom left foot up and down the middle of the foot AND tonight it's my right big toe from the top of the toe to the pad at the bottom of the toe. Last Friday I was awakened at 1am with the itch deep in my left foot. I couldn't sleep for at least half an hour. I thought I'd go nuts. I'm beginning to suspect dampness/fungus might just be the answer. I'm about to try an ice pack and see if that works. Thanks for saving me a trip to a neurologist!!!

I too can join the club. My itchy spot is under the ball of my right foot, about 3 inches down from the pad of my big toe. I too only notice it in times when I am sitting for a while, or right when I am going to bed. There are no visible signs, and it feels like the itch is about 1/2 inch in. I have had it for at least 5 years, off and on. My wife likes to tease me by saying "itchy palms, money coming in. Itchy feet, money going out!" I'll try the Ben Gay thing tonight, but if anyone has any other remedies, feel free to post. I kind of agree that the dying nerve thing sounds most logical. When I had gall bladder surgery a few years ago, tehy put a ground patch on my outer right thigh. I had almost no feeling other then a faint itchiness in it for 2 years. You could actually pick it with a pin and it wouldn't hurt. Doc then said that there was something going on with the nerve and that it would eventually get better, which it did. The foot itching however, seems like it is here to stay...

You have fungal problem.You should buy something like the "Pedegg" on t.v. that you can use to remove excess dead skin,then treat for fungus. One thing you can do is use hydrogen peroxide,soaking your feet in it everyday for about 20 minutes,after you use the "pedegg",this will help kill the fungus. If it gets unbearable run hot water on your foot to release all of your cells histamines,this is what causes the itch.The water has to be pretty hot,don't burn yourself,but the hotter the better. This should give you relief right away.

Mine is on the ball of my right foot just below the big toe. I thought maybe I had a splinter from my old deck that needed to work its way out but after three years it still itches. No redness no bumps. I walk every morning and my feet will get soaked from the dew in the grass and it itches more after that. I am in bare feet at home always so they get plenty of air. I guess this is just another mystery ailment.

I too have that "itchy spot" on my left foot for 10 years and it appears to be more itchy when I am rundown - but I can't pinpoint what triggers it. I would also use sharp tools to stratch at it so that the awful itch would stop. Somehow I stopped that. I think it must be a fungus -- I used to garden a lot but can't explain. I would love to find a doctor that could help.

Wow! I thought I was the only one in the world. I have the exact problem, under the ball at the back of my right foot. Drives me nuts sometimes!!! HELP HELP HELP! there must be an explanation for it somewhere.

I found this blog simply because I wrote into Google "ichy spots under my right foot" and guess what I am not alone....I only see one tenacious answer that I am sure isn't the real solution, although I will admit that it gets much worse if my feet are shut up in hot shoes in the summer. I do remember when it started. It was when I bought my old house in the country and I started working outside in leather boots that would get wet. I have wondered if it is a kind of fungus but honestly I never think to mention it to a doctor. The thing is both feet got the same treatment and this has been only on my right foot now for about 15 years!! Like the others, it is on the bottom and in the arch and slightly up on the inner side of the arch. I can feel like little hard bumps under the skin at the points where it iches. If I don't scratch it, it is better but sometimes it is just so itchy that it keeps me awake too. So who can give an answer to this mystery? UFOs and ETs brought it or what?

I have the same problem, right in the arch of my right foot, but it gets worse at night. It wakes me up. During the day, it doesn't seem to bother me because I am on my feet and therefore have pressure on the area. I have been able to get relief sometimes by applying Bengay to my foot before I go to bed. Also, putting a Bandaid or a loosely wrapped ace bandage around my foot at night (applying pressure) seems to help. It's weird because it isn't always a problem, and I can go many months without recurrence...

I have the exact same thing on my left foot. its been about a month now. Feels similar to a mosquito bite, but no redness or raised histamine-like reaction! It helps not to scratch, but it feels so good to do so.

This is a nerve that is being aggrevated. I have several pinched or aggrevated nerves and they all present the same feeling no matter where they are located. Extremely deep itchy sensation that just won't go away. Also the skin near the area in some of the spots experiences Numbness and tingling.

I have the same thing!! My itching is also only in the middle/center of the right foot! It started itching only about month and a half when I moved from one place to another and had to do a big cleaning ( perhaps it has something to do with it...I steped on something or I don't know). It's itching inside and I have to use my nails to get some relief. If i don't think about it, it doesn't itch. I thought it was athlete's foot and started treating it, but now I am discouraged when I read all of the answers above. I refuse to think that it has to do something with mu liver because I am young and live healthy life ( 27 yrs. old)...but again I guess you never know...Good luck to all of us!

Noooo Way, I have had the same thing infact on the same foot and place (arch), I read up on what causes the spot under the foot unfortunately no one could really explain why this happens.
Any way my spot got really ichy so I peeled it out. there was a lot of pain at first but hey it's all good as new now.

I also have had the "itchy" left foot in my case..seems to be relieved when I rubbed the spot with a product I bought at the health food store..called "Cell Food". It is a natural oxygen produce..relieve was within 2 minutes..give it a try..

I have pretty much the same thing as you all. My itchy spot is right on the balls just beneath my toes of BOTH FEET I have had this for about five years now. There is no cracked skin redness or anything else. It also wakes me up at night and drives me to distraction. I went to the Doctor about it once who suggested using treatments for Athletes foot which I have already tried (all of them) on telling him this he replied that he couldn't help me. When I use these treatments they make the balls of my feet sore and painful and don't control the itching. I usually use a pumice stone when I have attacks as this is the only thing that seems to help but then it is a double edged sword as it wears the skin down making it sore and highly sensitive but it does alleviate the itch. I suffer from eczema as well and have tried using the topical steroids given to me for this condition on my feet but it does not help. I really did not know that anyone else had this. I am female and I have had such severe attacks when out that I have had to rip off my heels and rub the offending spot against rails in shops and I hate to say it even the pavement. I wonder if any one else gets a build up of hard skin there (I have to have this removed every other week) but this could be because I wear high heels all the time so it puts extra pressure on the balls. If anyone has any solutions no matter how unconventional I would love to hear them.

I have the same thing and I am a Type II diabetic. It may not be your reason but I have been having this for a good while and just found out in Oct I was diabetic and that is one of the problems you may have.

I have the same exact thing happening to me. The intense itch is in the arch of my right foot, always in the same spot. I've had it for about five years now; it comes and goes, though. Sometimes I don't have it for several months.

Heat, moisture and exercise will intensify it. It's really bad when I'm in a hot tub or sauna. I sleep with my foot outside of the covers and with an ice pack on it. When the ice pack gets warm, the itch gets bad again, wakes me up, and then I have to get up and get another ice pack to put on it. I don't get much sleep, but at least I found something that works.

I've had accupuncture, but with no success. I've mentioned it to our family doctor, but he has no answers. I also have ringing in the ears, which I've been told that there is no cure for this either. I feel that both of these things wrong with me are neurological.

I'm glad I'm not alone on the foot itch problem. I thought I was losing my mind............

I had this and fixed it.I was given some high quality vitamin d multiys from a friend for a completely differant reason.Two days later It just stopped, I at first didnt notice now I cant even imagine how it felt.I had it for about 1 year,it just showed up one night and that was it all the same symtoms.Because this the vitamin d has alot of other vitamins mixed with it I think its one of the other suppliments.I had been taking vitamin d on its own before this and the foot was allways ichty.I dont have the company name in front of me now I will post it tomorrow.

I have something similar on the heel of my hand. I have also had it for years. I thought it might be related to long term use of a mouse, so the nerve idea sounds likely. But, I now have the same problem on the inside of the heel of my foot, which I can't blame on my mouse. I use a foot file to scratch both areas, which also removes the skin thickening. It does seem to itch less after I do this, but the area becomes tender to the touch and a little red. Nothing seems to make it go away...

I'm 34 have the same type of itchy spot many of you have described: a "mystery itchy spot" in the middle of my left foot that is now calloused after a few years of scratching it. Recently on some blog on the net (sorry I didn't save the link), someone claimed to have taken B vitamin complex for about 4 weeks and the itchy spot went away. He quit taking the vitamins, the itch came back. Started taking them again and it went away. He attributed it to a "screwy nerve" and an inability to absorb sufficient B vitamins. I'm going to try it and see what happens!

I have this same problem, probably about 10 years. It even itches when I sleep, and my wife informs me that I rub my feet together while I'm sleeping. I have no idea what the deal is, it just itches.

Before someone says to change or take off my socks because of dampness......stop. That is definately not it.

sounds like Dyshidrotic Eczema to me :-)

Get a blow torch, and heat it up? It will go away...

Infection on your skin! There are many foot infections that are itchy.

yip it itch foot for me too its driving me insane but im pleased im not the only one, Not happy hearing people have had this problem for 20 or more years not sure ill be able to put up with it that long dam hope we all find a cure soon

I first noticed my itch spot on my left foot after a back injury and two surgeries. I believe the damage to the nerves in my back and the new itching nerve ending on my foot are somehow related.
If your itch is located in one spot only, then it's a safe bet it is a nerve ending that flares up and is sensitive. That's what is causing the deep itch. Not much you can do about it except for what I explained in my earlier post, scratch it and then apply some kind of localized numbing agent like Lidocaine spray, gel, or a piece of a Lidoderm patch.

This is crazy, but I'm so glad I'm not alone. I've been to the doctor about it numerous times--it isn't athlete's foot, not a bacterial infection, not excema or psoriasis. These have all been ruled out, and I'm still suffering (BTW, had to laugh about the bottle cap--so true! Edge of concrete steps are great, too! LOL).

I had never concsidered a neurological origin, so I'm going to try that route next. Or maybe Yoga to strengthen my core. Whatever it is, I really wish I could make it go away!

I'm 38 and I've had the same itch on my left foot since before I can remember. My parents said I'd remove my shoe to scratch ever since I was able to remove my shoe (age 1 or 2). The itch feels like a spot 1/2 inch below the surface and the feeling is so intense that I feel like removing the skin to get to the itch; scratching it is mandatory and feels great. Sometimes in the night, I scratch the hotspots with my other foot until it bleeds. The hotspots move VERY SLOWLY, perhaps not at all in a year, sometimes about 1 inch per year--but they always remain in the middle of the arch of my left foot. I can have from 1 to 3 hotspots at any given time. It itches about 7-10 times per day, and there is no choice but to scratch it, even though people think I'm crazy (I'm with those who think bottlecaps, wire brushes, keys, stabbing at it with a screwdriver, etc. brings relief). Having someone else scratch it is wonderful (if you can find anyone willing to do it!). Keeping it exfoliated with a pumice stone every day in the shower seems to help a lot, but nothing cures it. I'm a runner, but I don't think that has anything to do with it, because I didn't start running until I was a teenager. I've always just lived with it b/c doctors don't know what it is (NOT fungus, NOT althletes foot, NOT dry skin). Sometimes the skin is dry, sometimes it's not at all. My guess is nerve related, but sometimes the skin is dry and scratched up so people/doctors think it's a skin condition. It feels deeper than the skin. I'm just glad I'm not the only one, but I haven't read of anyone yet who has had this their whole life like I have.

I have the same itch in the middle of my right foot for about 2 months & thought I was the only one. There aren't any visual signs & topical lotions & ointments don't work. It itches & is very annoying but not to the point of getting sissors & I haven't scratched it till it bleeds or anything but I will say that bottle cap thing sounds good!

Back Pain Theory: I also started having very mild low back pain about the same time, not enough to take Advil or anything but definitely there. I have seen a chiroprator at least 1 or 2 times a month for the past 5 years until 3 months ago, when my insurance quit paying, same time the itching started.

Vitamin Deficiencies: I take a Rx vitamin D supplement, well above the recommended daily dose (prescribed by my doctor) for a year now so I'm not vit D deficient. I did start taking the prescription drug Metanex, probably about 2 months ago. My doc gave it to me so I could "absorb" folic acid, but I believe it is also used for neuropathy issues in some people, which I have NOT been diagnosed with.

Gallbladder/Liver: I also had the classic gallbladder symptoms starting 3 months ago. I had two episodes that lasted a week each about a month apart. Got the ultrasound & the CT, both came back normal. All of my bloodwork came back "normal" as well. I did have bronchitis at this time & lost 10 pounds.

I know people are looking for answers & there doesn't seem to be many on here but I will say I think these comments have been helpful to me to see what it is that I may be doing differently that could have caused this wierd foot itching. I'm 44, 128 lbs, workout, & in good health even though looking back at my comments, it's looks like I'm a train wreck....lol

My answer for me is #1) go back to my chiropractor #2) stop taking Metanex....then see what happens! And, no, I'm not a chiroprator or trying to "sell" it, nor am I knocking Metanex...I say that because sometimes I suspect people of promoting things in their answers. I'm just going back to what was working for me!