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Acute Itching in Eczema Patients Linked to Environmental Allergens
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15 January 2021
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In addition to a skin rash, many eczema sufferers also experience chronic itching, but sometimes that itching can become torturous. 
In addition to a skin rash, many eczema sufferers also experience chronic itching, but sometimes that itching can become torturous. Worse, antihistamines the standard treatment for itching and allergy often don’t help.
New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that allergens in the environment often are to blame for episodes of acute itch in eczema patients, and that the itching often doesn’t respond to antihistamines because the itch signals are being carried to the brain along a previously unrecognized pathway that current drugs don’t target. ....

Brians Kim , Madison Mack , Research At Washington University School Of Medicine , Washington University School Of Medicine , Washington University School , பிரையன்ஸ் கிம் , மாடிசன் மேக் , ஆராய்ச்சி இல் வாஷிங்டன் பல்கலைக்கழகம் பள்ளி ஆஃப் மருந்து , வாஷிங்டன் பல்கலைக்கழகம் பள்ளி ஆஃப் மருந்து , வாஷிங்டன் பல்கலைக்கழகம் பள்ளி ,

Acute itching in eczema patients linked to environmental allergens – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis


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Research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that cells in the blood called basophils (brown in illustration) can react to allergens (round honeycomb shapes) in the environment and send itch signals to nerve cells, leading to episodes of severe itch in eczema patients that can t be treated by antihistamines.
In addition to a skin rash, many eczema sufferers also experience chronic itching, but sometimes that itching can become torturous. Worse, antihistamines the standard treatment for itching and allergy often don’t help.
New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that allergens in the environment often are to blame for episodes of acute itch in eczema patients, and that the itching often doesn’t respond to antihistamines because the itch signals are being carried to the brain along a previously unrecognized pathway that current drugs don’t target. ....

Jim Dryden , Brians Kim , Madison Mack , Washington University School Of Medicine , Washington University School , ஜிம் உலர்ந்த , பிரையன்ஸ் கிம் , மாடிசன் மேக் , வாஷிங்டன் பல்கலைக்கழகம் பள்ளி ஆஃப் மருந்து , வாஷிங்டன் பல்கலைக்கழகம் பள்ளி ,