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Dermatology Practical & Conceptual, 2015 A 30-year-old woman presented to our hospital in Manacor, Mallorca, with a new lesion on the thorax that had appeared three to four months earlier, had gradually enlarged and was slightly itchy. The patient was otherwise healthy. Physical examination revealed a tender, brownish papule or plaque contacting the elastic band of the underwear under the ...
Juan Garcias-Ladaria +3 more
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Management of Itch in the Elderly: A Review
Dermatology and Therapy, 2019 Chronic itch is common in the elderly patient and may be caused by a variety of known dermatologic and non-dermatologic conditions and can have a significant effect on quality of life.
Kayla M. Fourzali, Gil Yosipovitch
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Attentional Bias Towards Visual Itch and Pain Stimuli in Itch- and Pain-free Individuals?
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2020 Itch and pain are important attention-demanding sensations that allow adaptive responses to potential bodily harm. An attentional bias towards itch and pain stimuli, i.e.
Jennifer M. Becker +6 more
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Environmental influences on induction of itching and scratching using immersive virtual reality
Scientific Reports, 2023 Chronic itching is a serious and uncomfortable condition. The scratch response might result in a vicious cycle of alternating itching and scratching.
Emmy W. T. van de Burgt +3 more
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Subliminal attentional bias modification training for itch
Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 IntroductionItch is unpleasant and induces the urge to scratch. This is adaptive to remove the itch-inducing stimulus from the skin. Accordingly, itch draws attention to protect our bodily integrity.
Jennifer M. Becker +9 more
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Neutrophils promote CXCR3-dependent itch in the development of atopic dermatitis
eLife, 2019 Chronic itch remains a highly prevalent disorder with limited treatment options. Most chronic itch diseases are thought to be driven by both the nervous and immune systems, but the fundamental molecular and cellular interactions that trigger the ...
Carolyn M Walsh +11 more
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Effects of Psychological Stress on Spontaneous Itch and Mechanical Alloknesis of Atopic Dermatitis
Acta Dermato-VenereologicaAtopic dermatitis (AD), a chronic inflammatory skin disease, manifests as an intractable itch. Psychological stress has been suggested to play a role in the onset and worsening of AD symptoms.
Qiaofeng Zhao +9 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction The use of herbal medical preparation (HMP) is rising among pediatric oncology patients, often to manage treatment‐related symptoms. Their effectiveness remains uncertain, and the risk of herb–drug interactions is underestimated.
Orianne Mahot +6 more
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A tactile twist: decoding the phenomena of mechanical itch and alloknesis
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2023 Itch is a sensation in the skin which provokes the desire to scratch. In the past few decades there has been a significant elucidation of the immune and neural pathways which underly the sensation of itch.
Taylor Follansbee, Xinzhong Dong
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Cells, 2020 Neurologic insults as varied as inflammation, stroke, and fibromyalgia elicit neuropathic pain and itch. Noxious sensation results when aberrantly increased afferent signaling reaches percept-forming cortical neurons and can occur due to increased sensory signaling, decreased inhibitory signaling, or a combination of both processes.
James Meixiong +2 more
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