Every autumn as it starts to get cold I get extremely itchy legs. Scratching relieves it, but as soon as I stop, the itch starts again. It normally occurs early evening, but can start again in the ...
But all itches, low-level or consuming, present the same question: why? Why do we itch? What is its evolutionary purpose? What, over millions of years, was itching honed to accomplish, and where ...
Your vagina may be itchy because of allergens, hormonal changes, irritants, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), or other factors. Proper hygiene—rinsing with water and wearing cotton ...
Previous research from Sokol and colleagues showed that the skin's sensory nervous system—specifically the neurons that lead to itch—directly detect allergens with protease activity, an enzyme ...
patients with eczema and psoriasis (another skin condition which causes itching), almost 70 per cent of patients found that Itch Stopper alleviated itching within a minute of use. Charlotte Thorpe ...