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Acute and chronic pruritus can represent significant management issues both as a common physiological sensation and as a manifestation of dermatologic and non-dermatologic diseases. All patients suffering from itch know that it is a very awkward sensation. Unfortunately, this often significant symptom is frequently considered less severe in comparison with pain. The consequences are that research on this field has been poorer than research on pain and that pruritus is therefore more difficult to treat. New concepts and discoveries have completely modified our understanding of it and have suggested new therapeutic opportunities. Pruritus is a thorough and comprehensive reference in the management of itch designed to be a convenient resource for all physicians confronted with patients suffering from itch. The Editors have recruited a board of internationally renowned experts to provide an in-depth analysis of the causes and management of pruritus including the current concepts in pathophysiology and novel therapeutics.

Cutaneous manifestations of general disease. --- Itching. --- Skin -- Diseases. --- Itching --- Skin Manifestations --- Skin Diseases --- Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases --- Signs and Symptoms --- Pruritus --- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms --- Diseases --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Dermatology --- Etiology --- Treatment --- Etiology. --- Treatment. --- Itch --- Itches --- Medicine. --- Dermatology. --- General practice (Medicine). --- Infectious diseases. --- Primary care (Medicine). --- Epidemiology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Infectious Diseases. --- Primary Care Medicine. --- General Practice / Family Medicine. --- Cutaneous manifestations of general diseases --- Senses and sensation --- Emerging infectious diseases. --- Emergency medicine. --- Family medicine. --- Public health --- Emerging infections --- New infectious diseases --- Re-emerging infectious diseases --- Reemerging infectious diseases --- Communicable diseases --- Skin --- Family practice (Medicine) --- General practice (Medicine) --- Physicians (General practice) --- Medicine, Emergency --- Critical care medicine --- Disaster medicine --- Medical emergencies --- Primary medical care --- Medical care