| Title | Gaining a comprehensive understanding of pruritus |
| Authors | Zhang, Haiiao Yang, Yi Cui, Jiuwei Zhang, Yaqin |
| Affiliation | Jilin Univ, Dept Hematol Oncol, Hosp 1, Changchun 130023, Peoples R China. Peking Univ, Dept Urol, Hosp 3, Beijing, Peoples R China. Jilin Univ, Dept Dermatol, Hosp 2, Changchun 130023, Peoples R China. 218 Ziqiang St, Changchun 130041, Peoples R China. |
| Keywords | Classification pruritus pathogenesis treatment CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC URTICARIA BRAIN-SKIN CONNECTION ATOPIC-DERMATITIS INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS UREMIC PRURITUS UNKNOWN ORIGIN CHRONIC ITCH CUTANEOUS MANIFESTATIONS HEMODIALYSIS-PATIENTS URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID |
| Issue Date | 2012 |
| Citation | INDIAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY VENEREOLOGY & LEPROLOGY.2012,78,(5),532-544. |
| Abstract | Pruritus is a common symptom associated with many dermatoses, systemic abnormalities, and psychiatric / psychosomatic diseases. Additionally, pruritus is one of the most intractable symptoms due to its complex pathogenesis involving an increasing number of mediators and receptors, undefined neurophysiologic pathways, unclear cerebral processing, and psychophysiology interaction. Clinically, the first challenge of dermatologists is how to get general and interdisciplinary vision of pruritus and to preliminarily figure it out whether there might be underlying systemic or psychosocial disorders. The second challenge is to select efficient individual tailored anti-pruritic treatment, which includes targeted drugs and cognitive-behavioral therapy. |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/392938 |
| ISSN | 0378-6323 |
| DOI | 10.4103/0378-6323.100516 |
| Indexed | SCI(E) |
| Appears in Collections: | 第三医院 |
