Patients with primary biliary cholangitis and moderate-to-severe pruritus who received seladelpar over 6 months experienced a ...

Itchy skin, or pruritus, can be a symptom of liver disease. However, not everyone with liver disease experiences itching, and the specific causes of this itching are unknown. Treatment for itching ...

Uremic pruritus is a debilitating symptom frequently encountered in individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD), particularly those receiving haemodialysis. This condition, characterised by ...

"I never tell patients to stop scratching as this sometimes is the only means patients have to relieve their itch," says Dr. Gil Yosipovitch, chairman of the Department of Dermatology at Temple ...

A recently published case series illustrates how a treatment approved last year for two conditions associated with pruritus could be useful in alleviating itch in patients with a broad variety of ...

A drug approved to treat eczema provided significant improvement in the symptoms of patients with severe itching diseases that currently have no targeted treatments, according to a new study. The drug ...

Persistent itching can sometimes signal serious illness, including cancer. Oncologist Dr Amit Garg highlights four ...