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Key facts

Medical condition.name

Itch

Medical condition.image

Itch 01.JPG

Medical condition.caption

A man scratching his back

Medical condition.field

Dermatology

Medical condition.symptoms

Compulsion to scratch an irritated area of skin

Medical condition.causes

Certain infections, allergies (from rashes, welts or hives), blood derangements and environmental factors

Medical condition.risks

Dry skin

Medical condition.diagnosis

Often based on the causes of itching

Medical condition.differential

Pain

Medical condition.treatment

Antipruritics, phototherapy

via Wikipedia infobox

• Physiology and Pathophysiology of Itch.ReviewPhysiological reviews · 2020Cevikbas F, Lerner EADOI: 10.1152/physrev.00017.2019
• Itch: Epidemiology, clinical presentation, and diagnostic workup.ReviewJournal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2022Roh YS, Choi J, Sutaria N et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2021.07.076
• Itch: Pathogenesis and treatment.ReviewJournal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2022Sutaria N, Adawi W, Goldberg R et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2021.07.078
• Itch: From mechanism to (novel) therapeutic approaches.ReviewThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2018Yosipovitch G, Rosen JD, Hashimoto TDOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.09.005
• Peripheral itch sensitization in atopic dermatitis.ReviewAllergology international : official journal of the Japanese Society of Allergology · 2022Tominaga M, Takamori KDOI: 10.1016/j.alit.2022.04.003
• Itch.ReviewCurrent biology : CB · 2025Murphy LN, Lumpkin EA, Bautista DMDOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.12.021
• Basic mechanisms of itch.ReviewThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2023Misery L, Pierre O, Le Gall-Ianotto C et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2023.05.004
• Atopic Dermatitis Itch: Scratching for an Explanation.ReviewThe Journal of investigative dermatology · 2024Biazus Soares G, Hashimoto T, Yosipovitch GDOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2023.10.048

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