Itch and pain are both irritated.
The irritated sometimes interferes with daily activities.
Itching can be suppressed with a strong stimulus like pain.
Pain = Itch ?
Morphine is known to suppress pain, morphine can provoke itch.
A medicine that suppresses pain cause itching.
Itch elicits scratching response, wheres pain causes withdrawal responses.
So pain and itch are different symptoms.
"As one of the best studied itch mediators, histamine is released from mast cells and binds to histamin H1 receptor (H1R), which is coupled with Gαq, phospholipase Cβ3, and TRPV1 in DRG neurons to evoke itch. "
I explained the cause of itching difficultly.
There are many medicines for pain, but are there medicines for itching?
A part of itching mechanism was discovered in 2007.
The history of itching research is shallow.
There are few hospitals that treats itching.
Therefore, people suffering from itching comes from Miyako Internal Medicine Clinic a long way.
Thank you for reading.
Citation paper
Author:Ru-Rong Ji
