Other names: pruritus
Itchy skin is very uncomfortable feeling, which may be caused not only skin, but also the overall disease. Sometimes itching tolerated worse than pain, and also therapeutically worse influences.Intense scratching the skin may additionally rozdrásat and scratches can become infected, which will exacerbate itchy feeling.
Localized itching is usually a manifestation of a local damage to the skin, for example, accompanies insect bites, irritations various chemicals, etc., And resolves after healing the defect.
Also various infectious and chronic diseases are characterized by itching, together with its visible manifestations, such as psoriasis and eczema, of communicable diseases, it is, for example, scabies and other parasitic diseases. This condition treated by a dermatologist.
Itchy skin, however, is accompanied by some systemic diseases, and in the search for the cause is so often the need for a comprehensive examination by an internist or allergist. Allergies often manifested by itching and hives. Itching can also be a manifestation of disorders of bile outflow(substances from the bile builds up in the blood circulation in the skin and cause itching), itching occurs with end-stage renal failure, in disease lymphoma with thyroid disorders, in HIV infection.
In the treatment, the doctor initially focused on removing the causes of itching. If this is not possible, or the cause is unknown, use drugs that suppress itching.
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