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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Long-term nemolizumab use reduces itch, disease severity, and steroid dependence in patients with prurigo nodularis in 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.

Twice-daily application of ruxolitinib cream demonstrated an ability to reduce itching and blistering in prurigo nodularis, a phase 3 trial shows.

"For my patients with headaches ... Peppermint oil may calm itching There are fewer robust studies examining the effectiveness of peppermint oil to treat itching from insect bites, poison ivy ...