Zen types will tell you to accept the itch, to meditate on it, as you might do if you were in pain. These people have no idea ...

It turns out, the reason is that the bacteria was directly acting on nerve fibers that produce itch,” said Isaac Chiu, the study’s co-author and an associate professor of immunology at Harvard Medical ...

Various types of itch have been described, including those related to skin disease, systemic disease, nerve fiber damage, and psychiatric or psychologic conditions. At any given time, patients may ...

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 ...

Itching (technical term: pruritus) is a common condition, affecting roughly 20 percent of adults, according to Medscape. It occurs when nerve fibers are stimulated, either through the release of ...

In some cases, hypnosis and self-hypnosis may be helpful (Shenefelt, 2000). Examples of peripheral neuropathic itching include brachioradial pruritus, notalgia paresthetica, postherpetic neuralgia ...