Tag: Itching
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How much of your scratching is due to itch?
Atopic eczema is often described as an itchy condition, but a simple investigation of what this means is an important step in assessment for The Combined Approach In English the two words itching and scratching are often used by everyone – practitioners and patients – as if they mean the same thing. Strictly speaking, an…
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VIDEO: A Behavioural Approach
The Combined Approach to atopic eczema is a successful treatment programme using a behavioural approach. It combines optimal conventional topical treatment with habit reversal, a very simple behaviour modification technique for the habitual scratching that causes chronic eczema. This presentation describes the programme for Adults and Older Children. A modified version is suitable for Younger…
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Friday Facts #4 The Prurigo of Besnier
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Friday Facts #10 The Traffic-Light Phenomenon
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FAQ: Which is more important in atopic eczema, allergy or dry skin?
While research finds ways of stopping the “atopic march”, chronic eczema needs treating with The Combined Approach Atopy is a term defining the constitutional susceptibility to develop certain linked illnesses, especially eczema (= dermatitis), hay-fever and asthma. The eczema associated with being atopic is called therefore atopic eczema. Being atopic is on the increase, and…
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Friday Facts #17 Healing Skin Itches
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From the Clinic #10: Stress, Itching and Scratching
The vicious cycle of itching and scratching is driven on both sides by stress In clinic most people with atopic eczema list stress as one of their trigger factors, and the way this happens, for example through drying the skin, and by provoking inflammation, is increasingly understood. The pressures that lead to the stress reaction…
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Does Thinking Itch?
Not only itch causes scratching in atopic eczema! “Does thinking itch?” asked US dermatologist Bernhard in a letter to the Lancet in 1985. He referred to “the observation that people often scratch their heads when thinking or perplexed”. He noted that the Dutch psychiatrist Musaph had previously written in 1964 how scratching can occur without…