Scratching is something most of us do mindlessly. It doesn’t have to be a big deal, unless it is in hard to reach place. But it can also become a nuisance when you keep itching and end up hurting ...

“But we’ve always thought there might be other reasons,” says Ver Heul. After all, some parasites, such as mosquitoes, are long gone by the time itching starts. To get to the root of the matter, skin ...

Scratching an itch can bring a contradictory wave of pleasure and misery. A mouse study on scratching, reported in the Jan. 31 Science, fleshes out this ...

Because no animal deserves to go through that.” In October 2023, the South Jersey resident started An Itch in Time — Mangy Fox Rescue, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the difficult and ...

Mice that were free to scratch their itchy ears saw the number of immune cells go up and levels of infection-causing bacteria ...

Your legs may be itchy for different reasons, often not anything to be concerned about, such as dry skin, for example. Sometimes, however, it can indicate an underlying condition. Itchy legs can ...

Sunburn can be a painful consequence of spending too much time in the sun or a tanning bed. In rare cases, people with sunburn may also experience an extreme, deep, painful itching called hell’s ...

Turns out, scratching an itch increases inflammation and boosts the body's immune response at an itchy injury site, thus helping to ward off infection, the researchers discovered.

“There are some things about that concept that are off,” said Isaac Chiu, an immunologist at Harvard Medical School, who studies itch. “For example, a mosquito usually bites you and then you feel ...