Re: What causes the human body to itch?

Date: Wed Jun 7 04:05:45 2000
Posted By: Ankur Shah, Medical student, Medicine(MBBS), Medical College
Area of science: Medicine
ID: 958593918.Me

Message:


Itch is a sensory stimulus to our body. If a fly happens to sit on your 
arms or a mosquito is about to bite you, you have the feeling of itch. It 
is, you might say, a modified form of the touch sensation. This sensation 
persists till you remove the source stimulus by scratching or rubbing. Too 
mutch scratching may also lead to pain, which is believed to inhibit the 
sensation of itch.

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