Even in situations where an itch isn't chronic, like with allergies or a mosquito bite, scratching is unhelpful and can make the skin worse over time. To understand more about the mechanism behind ...

How does itch work in all of this?’” he reminisced ... suggesting that the effects are the result of scratching rather than itching. This motivated him to explore the mechanism by which scratching ...

3. Itches have their own nerve network Until recently we thought that itch and pain both shared the same pathways, but in 1997 a ground-breaking discovery revealed that the itch has its own ...

While scratching an itch can worsen skin allergies, it can also improve the body’s defense mechanism against certain ...

Hell's itch is a rare response to a sunburn that causes uncontrollable itching. Though research on hell's itch is limited, it could be caused by chemicals released from a sunburn. Hell's itch will ...