itchiness


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Synonyms for itchiness

an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch

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A classical, clinical picture of a skin disease that would be easy to diagnose becomes muddled when you apply medicines or hot objects (I've heard of people using rulers, toothbrushes, nail cutters and the like!) just to ease a symptom, which is itchiness, or pruritus.
"I later began feeling very unwell in an odd way, feeling agitated, nausea and began shaking and having itchiness.
If this is the case, when a cat is bitten by fleas, this can cause itchiness and scratching.
She said early signs and symptoms include a sore that does not heal, change in sensation, itchiness, tenderness, pain, pale or yellow areas similar to a scar.
Early signs and symptoms of skin cancer include a sore that does not heal, change in sensation -- itchiness, tenderness or pain, flat, firm, pale or yellow areas, similar to a scar, small, pink or red, translucent, shiny, pearly bumps, which might have blue, brown or black areas, new moles and any changes in existing moles in terms of size, shape or colour.
At week 16, significantly more risankizumab-treated patients reported a psoriasis symptom scale, or PSS, score of 0, indicating they were symptom-free based on a score assessing pain, redness and itchiness, compared with Stelara and placebo in ultIMMa-1 and ultIMMa-2.
We're interested in finding out how the portion of this pathway from DRG to spinal cord works in terms of signaling itchiness in chronic skin disease", added Mishra.
The silicone may help reduce itchiness, and can lessen the chance of infection at the incision area.
This disease classically starts in dogs under three years of age, with an itchiness that starts before any redness, in dogs that are mainly kept inside and generally has a good response to steroids.
Symptoms can include, but are not limited to, hives, itchiness, abdominal cramps and wheezing.
'So far, a total of 62 people was only given outpatient treatment at the Mantin Health Clinic due to itchiness,' he said in a statement here today.
It offers relief from itchiness and pain, and it reduces redness.
| LOOK AFTER YOUR HANDS: In cold dry weather your hands are prone to itchiness and cracking, so wear gloves.
Eczema is a disease which results in inflammation of the skin and characterised by rash, red skin as well as itchiness.