- An itch (also
known as
pruritus) is a
sensation that
causes a
strong desire or
reflex to scratch.
Itches have
resisted many
attempts to be
classified as...
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Pruritus ani is the
irritation of the skin at the exit of the ****,
known as the ****,
causing the
desire to scratch. The
intensity of anal
itching increases...
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Senile pruritus is one of the most
common conditions in the
elderly or
people over 65
years of age with an
emerging itch that may be
accompanied with changes...
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Scalp pruritus is an
itchiness of the scalp,
particularly common in
elderly people.: 56–57
Scalp pruritus is
sometimes very
unpleasant because itch and...
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Cholestatic pruritus is the
sensation of itch due to
nearly any
liver disease, but the most
commonly ****ociated
entities are
primary biliary cholangitis...
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Aquagenic pruritus is a skin
condition characterized by the
development of severe, intense, prickling-like
epidermal itching without observable skin lesions...
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Pruritus ****e is
itchiness of the ****,
which is the
counterpart of
pruritus scroti, and may have many
different causes.: 56
Patch testing may be...
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Uremic pruritus is
caused by
chronic kidney failure and is the most
common internal systemic cause of itching.: 52–3 Nalfurafine, an
orally administered...
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Psychogenic pruritus, also
known as
psychogenic itch or
functional itch
disorder is
pruritus not ****ociated with a
dermatologic or
systemic cause. More...
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Prion pruritus is the
intense itching during the
prodromal period of the Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.
Pruritus Freedberg IM,
Eisen AZ,
Wolff K,
Austen KF...
