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Epidemiology is the discipline concerned with disease frequency and the associations between risk factors and outcome in the population. Assessment of disease in the community is an important measure not only for the purpose of health planning but also for the understanding of associations between diseases and factors in the environment, as well as meeting the demands and investigating factors of...
General standardized recommendations for pruritus therapy do not exist and should not be given, considering the diversity of the underlying causes of pruritus. According to recent neurophysiologic findings, antipruritic therapies aim to influence both, cutaneous and central mechanisms of pruritus. Topical and systemic antipruritic therapies have to be worked out individually in recognition of age,...
Diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disease characterized by various dermatological diseases and cutaneous manifestations in up to 70% of patients.1 Diabetic patients are prone to skin diseases accompanied by pruritus such as mycosis (tinea, candidosis) and bacterial infections, e.g., folliculitis. Generalized pruritus as a presenting symptom of diabetes may occur, but is not significantly...
Precise history, clinical examination and laboratory as well as radiological diagnostics are of high importance in diagnosing pruritus. The intensity of pruritus, onset, time course, quality (burning, painful, stinging, prickling), localization and trigger factors (e.g., physical activity, contact with water, own observation) should be assessed. The patient’s own theory should be enquired into because...
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