Psychogenic itching is pruritus that doesn't have a physical cause. Some psychiatric conditions that may make you itch include obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety, and depression. Pruritus Diagnosis Finding the cause of theitchingis the first step in treating pruritus. If you aren't able to get...
Squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva is predominantly a disease ofpostmenopausal women. The mean age at diagnosis is about 65 years and15% of patients who develop vulvar cancer do so before age 40. There maybe a longstanding history of an associated vulvar intraepithelial...
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder initiated with hemiageusia and pruritus: A case report Background: Neuropathic pruritus (itch) is an uncommon, but well described, symptom in neurology. There are itch-specific neurons in the dorsal horn of the... Wang,RuiJin,Qi,... - 《Journal of the ...
The article discusses pruritus ani (PA), a common skin disorder that is evident as itching arises in the anal or perianal areas. It notes that most causes of PA in children are mainly due to an infection with pinworms but is also caused by fecal soiling, po...
CIP is an itch disorder of unknown etiology and, in contrast to AD, does not present with overt skin inflammation. However, CIP is strongly associated with aging and believed to be a manifestation of systemic immune senescence (Patel and Yosipovitch, 2010; Reich et al., 2011). As a resul...
Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) is a rare genetic disorder that causes progressive liver disease typically leading to liver failure. In people with PFIC, liver cells are less able to secrete bile. The resulting buildup of bile causes liver disease in affected individuals. Signs ...
An itch leads to a desire to scratch. Itching has many causes, from simple dryness of the skin to serious systemic diseases. When itching is persistent or recurrent, the scratching that it leads to may cause injury to the skin. Often the injury itself produces further itching and a vicious...
A prospective study on dermatoses in pregnancy in a tertiary care hospital of Southern Assam (1) The disorder, which is also referred to as obstetric cholestasis and pruritus gravidarum, has no primary skin lesions. Pruritus in pregnancy: our patient had excoriations all over her body--but ...
Moreover, recent studies have reported that prurigo nodularis, a typical itchy disorder with intensive pruritus, is closely associated with the increased dermal levels of CGRP and SP [52]. (4) Neurotrophin. Neurotrophin is a large family of physiological activators promoting the growth, ...
Vulvar pruritus is a common and distressing condition that affects nearly all women at some point in their lives. Vulvar pruritus describes an itch that feels good when scratched versus an itch that may be described as irritating, prickly, or burning. In the evaluation of vulvar pruritus, true...