RT Book, Section
A1 Ahmed, Rehana
A2 Soutor, Carol
A2 Hordinsky, Maria K.
SR Print(0)
ID 1190939080
T1 Pruritus in Patients with No Underlying Skin Disease
T2 Clinical Dermatology: Diagnosis and Management of Common Disorders, 2e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264257379
LK dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1190939080
RD 2024/04/20
AB Pruritus  (itch)  is  the  unpleasant  sensation  of  the  skin  that  results  in  an  urge  to  scratch.  It  is  a  major  symptom  of  many  cutaneous  and  systemic  diseases.  Pruritus  can  range  from  mild  to  severe  and  may  be  intermittent  or  chronic  (lasting  longer  than  6  weeks).  Pruritus  can  have  a  significant  impact  on  health-related  quality  of  life  (HRQOL),  and  has  been  associated  with  depression,  decreased  sleep  quality,  and  a  negative  impact  on  most  quality  of  life  categories.1  The  authors  of  a  case-control  study  of  patients  with  chronic  pruritus  observed  that  the  impact  of  chronic  pruritus  on  HRQOL  may  be  similar  to  that  of  chronic  pain.2  Pruritus  has  multiple  etiologies  in  patients  with  and  without  underlying  skin  disease.  The  International  Forum  for  the  Study  of  Itch  recently  published  a  clinical  classification  of  pruritus  3  in  which  they  proposed  six  categories  for  pruritus  based  on  the  underlying  origin: