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The quality of life (QOL) of patients with this disease is greatly reduced due to severe pain and pruritus.
Eisai and TSD Japan Enter into a License and Joint Development ... by JCN Newswires
ITCHING Also known as pruritus, an itch can be caused by various things, from an allergy to an infection, but stress is one possible trigger, with the condition being caused by the stimulation of nerve endings in the skin.
Don't stress out over skin by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
An appropriate treatment approach, he said, is to use treatments that affect psychological symptoms of distress as well as physiologic symptoms such as pruritus.
Psychological factors contribute to dermatitis by Bates, Betsy / Clinical Psychiatry News
 
 
 
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