مقالات پذیرفته شده در سومین کنگره بین المللی زیست پزشکی
psychology of itching
psychology of itching
Nader Arbabi,1,*
1. Azad University of Qom medical sience.
Introduction: The Itch as a pain is a somatosensory symptom that is
percepted by subject as an unpleasant condition. The itch is a subjetive
sence that is mutually related to psychological state of patient .Anexity
,stress,mood disorder, character traits can affect patient's
psychological well being and similarly the quality and quantity of itch
perception.
Methods: this review study was planned in non systematic manner.
A search was performed in Pubmed with "itch" and "pruritus"word in
combination with " anexity, depresion,stress,quality of
life,Psychology,psycogenic,personality disorder)
search with regard to level of evidence contains RCT, cohort study ,view
point article ,case report and the expert's opnion also systematic and
non systematic rewie was considered in search.The result of search combined
with author's clinical experience and viewpoint.
Results: itch is a desire to scratch .subject cognitive‐affective information
processing was involved in itch perception . Some specific features of itch
such as contagious itch, Itch-scratch cycle ,sujestability is directly
related to psychological state of patient.
Conclusion: stressful life events,anexity disorder,depressive mood
disorder can increase itch perception or exacerbate underline
dermatologic induced pruritus .
Pruritus along with its scratching leads to a vicious cycle named
itch-scratch cycle that plays a major role in itch chronicifcation.
Suggestion and conditioning
Lay underline of contagios nature of itching