A psychogenic itch occurs when psychological factors trigger pruritis or make it worse. For example, itchy skin can develop as a result of a mental health condition such as obsessive-compulsive ...

But if you itch like I itch, like a lot of people itch, there’s no not scratching. It would be like telling someone to stop sneezing or not to pee. “I never tell people not to scratch,” Gil ...

The unique feline dermatological cases veterinary professionals can see at the clinic, plus how to approach them ...

In the three aforementioned studies of epidural delivery of naloxone in combination with an opioid (fentanyl or morphine), the frequency of pruritus was decreased, with no reversal of analgesia noted.

Published reports on placebo-controlled clinical trials and other studies investigating the use of pure opioid antagonists for the prevention and treatment of opioid-induced pruritus (OIP ...

They do not work. No, not that one either. Zen types will tell you to accept the itch, to meditate on it, as you might do if ...

Itching (pruritus) can be more than a small annoyance. It can cause significant discomfort and may even become a distraction. You may be wondering how to know when itching is serious and how you ...

Studies have shown that early intervention can reduce the occurrence of itch. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a predictive model through a machine learning approach to identify ...

Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Fifty nine patients admitted with a diagnosis of psychogenic vomiting were classified into five patterns of vomiting: ...