Unexplained itching with no visible rash is more common than you think. Learn how your brain and nerves play a role in the itch you can’t see.

Based on these findings, Kaplan hypothesized that scratching could exacerbate inflammation by amplifying allergen-mediated mast cell activation with the pain-sensing pathway. Researchers have ...

Information about bodily sensations like pain, touch, itch, and movement gets conveyed from the periphery to the brain via the ascending sensory pathway. Disruptions to this pathway, caused by ...

Understanding how these distinct pathways trigger the urge to scratch an itch or move away from pain may help develop more targeted therapies for chronic pain and itchiness. The Difference Is in ...

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 ...

These findings challenge the conventional assumption that pain and itch signals follow overlapping pathways and instead ...

In a recent discussion with Managed Healthcare Executive, three leading dermatologists and itch experts—Shawn Kwatra, M.D., ...

A new study has pinpointed the reason for these differences, finding the pathway by which immune and nerve cells interact and lead to itching. The researchers, led by allergy and immunology ...

Theories to explain why the itching intensity varies focus on the nature of the nerve pathways that carry the feeling or perception of itching. Itching is not unusual during pregnancy. It can ...

Resubmission of the supplemental biologics license application provided more data on improvement in hives and itching in ...

(Top tip? Never type the words ‘why is my skin so itchy?’ into Google: the results will give you nightmares!). “The brain has a stress-activated pathway that causes release of various ...

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 ...