RT Book, Section
A1 Shinkai, Kanade
A1 Fox, Lindy P.
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1193628994
T1 Pruritus
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023
YR 2023
FD 2023
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264687343
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193628994
RD 2024/10/15
AB Pruritus  is  the  sensation  that  provokes  a  desire  to  scratch1.  Pruritus  as  a  medical  complaint  is  40%  as  common  as  low  back  pain.  Elderly  Asian  men  are  most  significantly  affected,  with  20%  of  all  health  care  visits  in  Asian  men  over  the  age  of  65  involving  the  complaint  of  itch.  The  quality  of  life  of  a  patient  with  chronic  pruritus  is  the  same  as  a  patient  undergoing  hemodialysis.  Better  understanding  of  the  role  of  pruritogens  (interleukins-31,  -4,  -13  and  thymic  stromal  lymphopoietin)  in  the  pathophysiology  of  itch  has  enabled  recent  therapeutic  advances.