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If you've got itchy skin, it could be that a microbe making its home on your body has produced a little chemical that's directly acting on your skin's nerve cells and triggering the urge to scratch.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have found specific nerve cells responsible for itchiness, a discovery that could lead to better treatments for skin conditions. Experiments on mice show they have ...

Various types of itch have been described, including those related to skin disease, systemic disease, nerve fiber damage, and psychiatric or psychologic conditions. At any given time, patients may ...

A common skin bacterium called Staphylococcus aureus can cause itchiness by acting directly on the nerve cells. This is the first time that scientists have observed how this microbe works to create ...

How to relieve severe bilateral itching of the arms that has affected a woman for the past 4 years? That's the clinical challenge facing Shawn G. Kwatra, MD, of Johns Hopkins University School of ...

Scientists are still unraveling the mystery of why skin conditions like eczema cause people to itch. One known cause is inflammation, which gets worse as people scratch and their skin becomes damaged.

This itchy microbe really touches a nerve. A common skin bacterium can directly interact with a nerve cell to trigger an itch, new study shows,... What can trigger an itch? Scientists have found a new ...