Scratching an itchy rash worsens inflammation by triggering pain-sensing neurons and activating mast cells, creating a ...

The research highlights why avoiding scratching is essential for healthier skin. Scratching may feel good in the moment, but it often makes rashes worse by increasing inflammation. While it can help ...

Let’s face it, scratching an itch can be extremely pleasant, especially if the itch itself is overly annoying. Anyone who has ...

The itch from bug bites, rashes, and other skin conditions can sometimes be so overpowering that it feels impossible to avoid ...

Well, the scientists think that though the reaction may worsen the rash itself, it could also offer an immune response to ...

Scratching an itchy rash really does make it worse. Now we know why, thanks to new research published today in the journal ...

Constantly scratching and picking at an itchy rash really does make it worse. But why? According to newly released research ...

New research published in the journal Science uncovers how scratching aggravates inflammation and swelling in a mouse model ...

Scratching is often pleasurable, which suggests that, in order to have evolved, this behavior must provide some kind of ...

Scratching an itchy rash really does make it worse. Now we know why, thanks to new research that uncovers how scratching aggravates inflammation and swelling in a mouse model of a type of eczema ...

In 2009 a team of biophysicists led by Anthony A. Hyman of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, were studying specklelike structures called P ...