... Abstract Background: Hemodialysis-associated pruritus (HAP) is often treatment-resistant, and is a serious comorbidity that adversely affects prognosis and reduces patient quality of life through sleep disruption and depression. Summary: HAP can arise from a combination of several...

... Abstract Chronic pruritus has diverse forms of presentation and can appear not only on normal skin [International Forum for the Study of Itch (IFSI) classification group II], but also in the company of dermatoses (IFSI classification group I). Scratching, a natural reflex, begins in response...

... Abstract Pruritus is a symptom arising from a plethora of dermatological, neurological, and systemic conditions. The pathophysiological mechanisms involved in the transmission of acute and chronic pruritus are of high complexity and not yet fully understood. Recent research has enhanced...

... Abstract Characterized by the clinical presentation of individual to multiple symmetrically distributed, hyperkeratotic, and intensely itchy papules and nodules, prurigo nodularis (PN) is a rare disease that emerges in patients with chronic pruritus due to continuous scratching over a long...

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... Abstract Chronic pruritus is a common problem in patients with inflammatory skin diseases as well as in subjects with dry or sensitive skin. Regardless of the underlying cause of the pruritus, a topical therapy is not only useful but most often necessary to achieve symptom control. A good...

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... psyche. The diagnosis of itchy scalp is easier than that of anogenital pruritus. Clinical examination and a careful inventory of all diseases of the patient and of the local environment are necessary. Localized treatments are frequently used at both sites, whereas specific pharmaceutical formulations...

... Table 3 Systemic agents for paraneoplastic itch Table 4 Systemic agents for neuropathic itch, e.g. notalgia paresthetica, brachioradial pruritus, and postherpetic neuralgia Antihistamines H 1 -antihistamines are often used as the first systemic anti-itch treatment in clinical...

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