Living with Itch: A Patient´s Guide
Gil Yosipovitch
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Description for Living with Itch: A Patient´s Guide
Paperback. Patient and parent narratives illustrate how people cope with itch and how, with medical and social support, itch can be managed. Series: A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book. Num Pages: 160 pages, 32, 31 colour illustrations, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 214 x 8. Weight in Grams: 268.
We have all experienced itch, whether from insect bites or dry skin, but millions of people worldwide have chronic or even intractable itch. Just like chronic pain, chronic itch interferes with a person's ability to function-and even affects quality of life. Living with Itch offers relief, drawing on the authors' vast knowledge of itch, the suffering it causes, and available treatments. Itch researchers and clinicians Drs. Gil Yosipovitch and Shawn G. Kwatra explain the cascade of physiological events that causes us to experience itch. They describe the many skin diseases, from atopic dermatitis (eczema) to psoriasis, and conditions like chronic ... Read more
We have all experienced itch, whether from insect bites or dry skin, but millions of people worldwide have chronic or even intractable itch. Just like chronic pain, chronic itch interferes with a person's ability to function-and even affects quality of life. Living with Itch offers relief, drawing on the authors' vast knowledge of itch, the suffering it causes, and available treatments. Itch researchers and clinicians Drs. Gil Yosipovitch and Shawn G. Kwatra explain the cascade of physiological events that causes us to experience itch. They describe the many skin diseases, from atopic dermatitis (eczema) to psoriasis, and conditions like chronic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421412337
SKU
V9781421412337
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99-50
About Gil Yosipovitch
Gil Yosipovitch, M.D., is a professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology and director of the Temple Itch Center at Temple University School of Medicine. He is known as the "Godfather of Itch" and is the founder of the International Forum for the Study of Itch. Shawn G. Kwatra, M.D., is a resident in the Department of Dermatology at ... Read more
Reviews for Living with Itch: A Patient´s Guide
Those seeking support, information, and relief will benefit from this forthright guide. Publisher's Weekly Yosipovitch's openness to holistic treatment comes from the recognition that in some cases, itch is truly all in the mind. Damaged nerve fibers cause the brain to misinterpret signals as itch. Then other psychological factors such as depression and anxiety intensify the problem.
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