Pruritus

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Misery, Laurent (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Ständer, Sonja (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Dermatology.; General practice (Medicine).; Infectious diseases.; Primary care (Medicine).; Epidemiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Primary Care Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.