Clinical classification of itch: a position paper of the international forum for the study of itch
Staender, Sonja ; Weisshaar, Elke ; Mettang, Thomas ; Szepietowski, Jacek C. ; Carstens, Earl ; Ikoma, Akihiko ; Bergasa, Nora V. ; Gieler, Uwe ; Misery, Laurent and Wallengren, Joanna LU
, et al.
(2007)
In Acta Dermato-Venereologica
87(4).
p.291-294
- Abstract
- Chronic itch is a common and distressing symptom that arises from a variety of skin conditions and systemic diseases. Despite this, there is no clinically based classification of pruritic diseases to assist in the diagnosis and cost-effective medical care of patients with pruritus. The proposed classification focuses on clinical signs and distinguishes between diseases with and without primary or secondary skin lesions. Three groups of conditions are proposed: pruritus on diseased (inflamed) skin (group I), pruritus on non-diseased (non-inflamed) skin (group II), and pruritus presenting with severe chronic secondary scratch lesions, such as prurigo nodularis (group III). The next part classifies the underlying diseases according to... (More)
- Chronic itch is a common and distressing symptom that arises from a variety of skin conditions and systemic diseases. Despite this, there is no clinically based classification of pruritic diseases to assist in the diagnosis and cost-effective medical care of patients with pruritus. The proposed classification focuses on clinical signs and distinguishes between diseases with and without primary or secondary skin lesions. Three groups of conditions are proposed: pruritus on diseased (inflamed) skin (group I), pruritus on non-diseased (non-inflamed) skin (group II), and pruritus presenting with severe chronic secondary scratch lesions, such as prurigo nodularis (group III). The next part classifies the underlying diseases according to different categories: dermatological diseases, systemic diseases including diseases of pregnancy and drug-induced pruritus, neurological and psychiatric diseases. In some patients more than one cause may account for pruritus (category "mixed") while in others no underlying disease can be identified (category "others"). This is the first version of a clinical classification worked out by the members of the International Forum for the Study of Itch. It is intended to serve as a diagnostic route for better evaluation of patients with chronic pruritus and aims to improve patients' care. (Less)
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- Staender, Sonja
; Weisshaar, Elke
; Mettang, Thomas
; Szepietowski, Jacek C.
; Carstens, Earl
; Ikoma, Akihiko
; Bergasa, Nora V.
; Gieler, Uwe
; Misery, Laurent
and Wallengren, Joanna
LU
, et al. (More)
- Staender, Sonja
; Weisshaar, Elke
; Mettang, Thomas
; Szepietowski, Jacek C.
; Carstens, Earl
; Ikoma, Akihiko
; Bergasa, Nora V.
; Gieler, Uwe
; Misery, Laurent
; Wallengren, Joanna
LU
; Darsow, Ulf
; Streit, Markus
; Metze, Dieter
; Luger, Thomas A.
; Greaves, Malcolm W.
; Schmelz, Martin
; Yosipovitch, Gil
and Bernhard, Jeffrey D.
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- 2007
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- prurigo, diagnosis, classification, itch, pruritus
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- Acta Dermato-Venereologica
- volume
- 87
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 291 - 294
- publisher
- Medical Journals Limited
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- wos:000248226800002
- scopus:35348913148
- pmid:17598029
- ISSN
- 1651-2057
- DOI
- 10.2340/00015555-0305
- language
- English
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