On thinking of itch as a disease When scientists said that itching is a disease in and of itself, what they meant was that chronic itching changes the body's own circuitry in a way that begets ...

That uncomfortable urge to scratch your palms might be more than just an annoyance. While some dismiss itchy palms as merely ...

And I get itchy. Maybe it will last forever, I think. It stops. And then it starts again. One in five people will experience chronic itch in their lifetime, often caused by cancer, a skin ...

While a mild itch is usually no biggie, a persistent itch could be pruritus ani (aka the medical name for anal itching). It ...

“Effects on the skin include erythema (redness), dryness and scale, all of these factors can predispose an individual to feel itchy.” Both acute and chronic psychological stress are implicated ...

The US regulator has cleared Cara Therapeutics' Korsuva (difelikefalin) as an injectable treatment for chronic itching, also known as pruritus, in these patients after a priority review.

Repeated scratching of itchy skin only makes the problem worse ... to lead to the development of a therapeutic drug for chronic itchiness. “It turned out that a protein called NPTX2 (neuronal ...

Psychological resilience plays an important role in managing psoriasis symptoms and enhancing patient well-being, study ...

Some patients in the UK with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who develop chronic itching – one of the most common and challenging side effects of dialysis – will soon be able to access a new ...

Often, chronic pruritus results from breakdown of ... psoriasis treatment in the United States and are commonly used for itch in many skin diseases (McClelland, 1997). Corticosteroids have anti ...