Journalist Annie Lowrey has a rare disease that causes a near-constant itch that doesn't respond to most treatments. She ...

Eun Lee, MD Itching (also known as pruritus) is a common symptom of diabetes, a chronic condition characterized by high blood ...

As seasons change, increased itching can occur; hydrate, moisturize, and choose soft fabrics to alleviate discomfort ...

Depending on the cause of your itchy skin, you may benefit from using more than one treatment. This may be especially needed in cases of chronic itching. For example, chronic itchiness related to ...

Scratching, it engenders pain in the skin, which interrupts the sensation ... Similarly, we didn't really ... understand chronic itch very well until recently. And we're in a period, I'd say ...

Chronic itch is miserable. Scientists are just scratching ... At its worst, Lowrey says, the itch caused her to dig holes in her skin and scalp. She's even fantasized about having limbs amputated ...

Scratching, it engenders pain in the skin, which interrupts the sensation ... what they meant was that chronic itching changes the body's own circuitry in a way that begets more chronic itching.

Scratching, it engenders pain in the skin, which interrupts the sensation of itch and ... Similarly, we didn't really ... understand chronic itch very well until recently. And we're in a period, I'd ...