A neuropathic itch is an itch that results from nervous system damage rather than issues with the skin. There are many causes of neuropathic itch, including stroke, diabetes, and shingles.

New research published Wednesday in Cell indicates that a common skin bacterium — Staphylococcus aureus — can make you feel itchy by directly acting on nerve cells. Even though itchiness is an ...

It starts with a slight tingle. Then a prickle. Soon you’re frantically scratching, but when you look down at your skin, there’s… nothing there. No redness, no bumps, no rash—just normal ...

An itching sensation caused by MS does not go away if you scratch it. That’s because the sensation is neuropathic in origin. This means your nerves cause it. Itching is one potential sensory ...

Mice genetically engineered to lack a specific receptor, scientists found, felt “thermal, mechanical, inflammatory, and neuropathic pain,” but not itch. Since then, neuroscientists have ...

Problems with the nerves can cause itchiness or pain on the skin without causing any actual damage to it, referred to as neuropathic itch. Injuries that affect the nerves or cause nerve damage can ...

It turns out, the reason is that the bacteria was directly acting on nerve fibers that produce itch,” said a co-author of the study, Isaac Chiu, an associate professor of immunology at Harvard ...

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.

Brachioradial pruritus You mainly feel this itch on the outside of your forearms, but it can also affect your upper arms, shoulders, and neck. Doctors think a combination of nerve damage in your ...

Notalgia paresthetica is a neuropathic disorder characterized by ... at week 8 in the weekly mean score on the daily Worst Itch Numeric Rating Scale (WI-NRS; scores range from 0 [no itch] to ...