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Not all itches arise in the skin
Author(s) -
Bernhard J.D.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/bjd.13632
Subject(s) - scratching , rash , dermatology , temptation , sensation , scars , medicine , surgery , neuroscience , biology , psychology , physics , social psychology , acoustics
Article snippet: Not all itches arise in the skin. Take, for example, notalgia paraesthetica (NP) and brachioradial pruritus (BRP). Formerly considered rare, these two ‘named itches’ are in fact rather common... It is now generally accepted that BRP and NP arise not in the skin but in the nervous system. NP and BRP are neurogenic in origin,neuropathic in character..