That uncomfortable urge to scratch your palms might be more than just an annoyance. While some dismiss itchy palms as merely a sign of coming fortune, medical ...

And I get itchy. Maybe it will last forever, I think. It stops. And then it starts again. One in five people will experience chronic itch in their lifetime, often caused by cancer, a skin ...

Repeated scratching of itchy skin only makes the problem worse ... to lead to the development of a therapeutic drug for chronic itchiness. “It turned out that a protein called NPTX2 (neuronal ...

This causes nerve fibres to send itchy signals to your brain. 3. Itches have their own nerve network Until recently we thought that itch and pain both shared the same pathways, but in 1997 a ...

“Effects on the skin include erythema (redness), dryness and scale, all of these factors can predispose an individual to feel itchy.” Both acute and chronic psychological stress are implicated ...

Patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria experienced substantial reductions in hives and itch with briquilimab through 16 ...

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.

Some patients in the UK with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who develop chronic itching – one of the most common and challenging side effects of dialysis – will soon be able to access a new ...