Itch and pruritus: what are they, and how should itches be classified?
- 1 July 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Dermatologic Therapy
- Vol. 18 (4) , 288-291
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8019.2005.00040.x
Abstract
Itch and pruritus are two terms for the same thing. In this essay I will argue that casting about for a distinction between them creates only confusion. Once that matter is settled, it is still necessary to come up with a clinical classification for itches of different types. No system yet proposed, including the one that will be suggested here, is perfect.Keywords
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