Can scratching an itchy skin rash make it worse? Why do we scratch?

  Skin rashes are often itchy and invariably there is a tendency to scratch, due to the immense, almost orgasmic relief experienced on scratching. However does this mean scratching is good for you? Scratching is a natural response ingrained into our neural network, aimed to scratch away insects and other objects that might be irritating the skin. Scratching away […]

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New treatment for Uremic itch (pruritus)

Use of Pregabalin in the Management of Chronic Uremic Pruritus Quite an interesting article, which i am sure will be a boon to sufferers of Uremic itch (if the study data does translate into real life).  Often research data does not always correlate with real life experience and therefore it would be interesting to see […]

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