Preferred Label : Pyemotes mite dermatitis;
ICD-11 definition : An intensely pruritic urticated and papulovesicular eruption due to contact with Pyemotes
mites, which are parasites of insects and insect larvae that infest grain, straw hay
and stored foodstuffs.;
ICD-11 synonym : Straw itch; grocer's itch; Cotton-seed dermatitis; infestation by grain mite; Barley itch; Grain-shovellers' itch; grain itch; infestation by pyemotes ventricosus;
ICD-11 inclusion : Grain-shovellers' itch;
Origin ID : 1685119057;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
An intensely pruritic urticated and papulovesicular eruption due to contact with Pyemotes
mites, which are parasites of insects and insect larvae that infest grain, straw hay
and stored foodstuffs.
