How to assess and relieve that perplexing rashless itch

Matasha Russell; Mohammad Zare

How to assess and relieve that perplexing rashless itch

J Fam Pract. 2020 Nov;69(9):430-437.

Authors

Matasha Russell¹, Mohammad Zare²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Family and Community Medicine, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA. Email: Matasha.L.Russell@uth.tmc.edu.
² Department of Family and Community Medicine, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA.

PMID: 33176338

Abstract

Your patient's pruritus absent skin lesions might be self-limiting-or indicate systemic disease. Probing the nature of the symptom can point to targeted treatment.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Antipruritics / therapeutic use
Chronic Disease
Diagnosis, Differential
Evidence-Based Medicine
Gabapentin / therapeutic use
Humans
Pruritus / diagnosis*
Pruritus / drug therapy*
Pruritus / etiology*

Substances

Antipruritics
Gabapentin