Pruritus

Pruritus edited by Laurent Misery, Sonja Ständer.

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 sympt...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Misery, Laurent (Editor), Ständer, Sonja (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edition:1st ed. 2010.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Dermatology.
Infectious diseases.
Epidemiology.
Primary care (Medicine).
General practice (Medicine).
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Neurophysiology
  • Neuroanatomy of Itch
  • Neuroreceptors and Neuromediators
  • The Brain in the Skin: Neuro-Epidermal Synapses
  • Central Transmission: From Skin to Brain
  • Modulation of Pruritus: Peripheral and Central Sensitisation
  • Interaction of Pruritus and Pain
  • Neuroimaging
  • Measurement of Itch
  • Experimental Models of Itch
  • Clinics
  • Pruritus, Pain and Other Abnormal Skin Sensations
  • The Epidemiology of Pruritus
  • Classification
  • Examination of Patients
  • Inflammatory Diseases
  • Pruritus in Autoimmune Diseases
  • Urticaria
  • Pruritic Skin Diseases in Travellers
  • Pruritus in Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma
  • Anal Pruritus
  • Secondary Reactive Conditions in Pruritic Skin
  • Aquadynia and Aquagenic Pruritus
  • Sensitive Skin
  • Neurogenic Pruritus with Cerebral and/or Medullary Abnormalities
  • Localized Neuropathic Pruritus
  • Brachioradial Pruritus
  • Other Neurological Causes of Itch
  • Chronic Kidney Disease-Associated Pruritus
  • Pruritus in Patients with Hepatobiliary Diseases
  • Endocrine Diseases
  • Pruritus in the Course of Malignancy
  • Drugs
  • Interaction Between Pruritus and Stress or Other Psychosomatic Factors
  • Psychosomatic Aspects and Psychiatric Conditions
  • Psychosomatics and Psychiatry
  • Psychogenic Pruritus
  • Pruritus in Children
  • Pruritus Vulvae
  • Treatment
  • General Principles and Guidelines
  • Menthol
  • Capsaicin
  • Topical Immunomodulators
  • Cannabinoid-Receptor Agonists
  • Other Topical Treatments
  • Antihistamines
  • Anticonvulsants for the Treatment of Pruritus
  • Opioid Receptor Antagonists or Agonists
  • Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Other Antidepressants in the Treatment of Chronic Pruritus
  • Systemic Immunosuppressants in the Treatment of Pruritus
  • Other Systemic Treatments
  • Psychological Intervention
  • Ultraviolet Phototherapy of Pruritus
  • Itch and Acupuncture
  • Future Perspectives: Outlook.

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