Further, people misconstrue scratching as compulsive behavior due to psychiatric illness. 4 So, we avoid itchy people, and patients are ashamed to disclose their conditions. Is our social aversion to ...

ORLANDO — Itching in older patients should not be dismissed as simply dry skin, but rather approached as a complex problem involving numerous causes, according to a speaker at the American ...

During her lecture at Fetch Charlotte, Natalie Marks, DVM, CVJ, CCFP, Elite FFC-V, shared how to utilize exam room time and a ...

The following is a summary of “Patient and physician perspectives on disease burden in chronic spontaneous urticaria,” ...

GSK has reported promising results with a drug to treat the severe itching that plagues patients with rare cholestatic liver disease primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). Interim results from the ...

2. Dietary irritants Some foods can irritate the anal area and cause itching, including: "One of the first steps in treating a patient who has this condition is to remove all those things from the ...

Your skin might be telling you something serious! Unexplained itching, discoloration, or extreme dryness could be hidden ...

SAN DIEGO — Patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria that was not controlled with H1 antihistamines experienced improvements in itch and urticaria activity with dupilumab, according to a ...

The US regulator has cleared Cara Therapeutics' Korsuva (difelikefalin) as an injectable treatment for chronic itching, also known as pruritus, in these patients after a priority review.