Scratching provides high pleasure for patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria - Healio


8/22/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 8 months ago

Patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria experience more pleasure from scratching itches compared with patients with other skin conditions, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. Though pruritis is th…

Key takeaways:

  • Average scratch pleasurability was 2.97 ± 2.63 on a scale of –5 to 5.
  • These scores were similar to scores reported by patients with lichen simplex chronicus, psoriasi… [+3531 chars]

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