Itchy breasts and nipples can be an uncomfortable experience that disrupts daily life. While occasional itching may seem ...

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

As a woman (and anyone with a vulva), a yeast infection is one of the most uncomfortable things we can experience. It's a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...