Itch and pruritus: what are they, and how should itches be classified?
@article{Bernhard2005ItchAP,
title={Itch and pruritus: what are they, and how should itches be classified?},
author={J. Bernhard},
journal={Dermatologic Therapy},
year={2005},
volume={18}
}ABSTRACT: Itch and pruritus are two terms for the same thing. In this essay I will argue that casting about for a distinction between them creates only confusion. Once that matter is settled, it is still necessary to come up with a clinical classification for itches of different types. No system yet proposed, including the one that will be suggested here, is perfect.
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