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Living with Itch

Name: Living with Itch
Brand: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
SKU: 9781421412337
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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9781421412337

A Patient's Guide

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By Gil Yosipovitch, Shawn G. Kwatra
Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: December 14, 2013
Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 160

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We have all experienced itch, whether from insect bites or dry skin, but millions of people worldwide have chronic or even intractable itch. Just like chronic pain, chronic itch interferes with function-even with quality of life. Living with Itch offers relief, drawing on the authors' vast knowledge of itch, the suffering it causes, and available treatments.Itch researchers and clinicians Drs. Gil Yosipovitch and Shawn G. Kwatra explain what itch is and the cascade of physiological events that cause us to experience it. They describe the many skin diseases, from atopic dermatitis (also known as eczema) to psoriasis, and conditions like chronic kidney disease, lymphoma, HIV, and neuropathies that cause itch. Living with Itch provides information on preventing itch as well as topical and systemic therapies, regardless of what's causing the itch. Patient and parent narratives explain how itch affects their lives and how they cope with a symptom that can, with medical and social support, be managed.

Foreword, by Jeffrey D. Bernhard, M.D.
Preface
A Patient's Perspective.: Eczema: A Lifelong Conflict
Part I: Definitions and Mechanisms of Itch
1. What Is Itch?
2. What Causes Itch?
Part II: Difference Forms of Itch
A Parent's Perspective.: An Unexpected Life
3. Atopic Dermatitis
A Patient's Perspective.: From Double Helix to Dermis: The Menacing Morse Code of Psoriatic Itch
4. Psoriasis
A Patient's Perspective.: Cutaneous Lymphoma Itch
5. Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma
6. Chronic Urticaria
7. Neuropathic Itch
8. Itch Associated with Autoimmune Disorders
9. Itch Associated with Infections
10. Itch Associated with Systemic Disorders
11. Unique Types of Itch
12. Psychogenic Itch
Part III: Treating Itch
13. Preventing Itch without Medications
14. Topical Treatments for Itch
15. Systemic Treatment for Itch
Conclusion
Glossary
References
Resources: Associations for People with Specific Skin Conditions
Index

""Yosipovitch's openness to holistic treatment comes from the recognition that in some cases, itch is truly all in the mind. Damaged nerve fibers cause the brain to misinterpret signals as itch. Then other psychological factors such as depression and anxiety intensify the problem.""

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