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Dear Doctors: I have Type 2 diabetes, and in the last year, I have had a problem with excessive itching of my feet. A nerve study showed I had good nerves to my feet, but there might be problems with ...

Various types of itch have been described, including those related to skin disease, systemic disease, nerve fiber damage, and psychiatric or psychologic conditions. At any given time, patients may ...

Injuries that affect the nerves or cause nerve damage can also make the skin feel itchy. The itchy area will depend on the location of the injury. Several nerve-related conditions can cause itching or ...

It seems hard to believe that a basic human sensation — one that can be evoked by a simple mosquito bite — still has scientists scratching their heads. Yet despite centuries of study, understanding ...

That generates a nerve signal that the brain experiences as an itch. "Our study is really the first to show that the microbe can directly activate itch neurons and cause itch," says Liwen Deng, a ...