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Pruritus vulvae
Pruritus vulvae can have infectious as well as noninfectious causes. In sexually active women, infectiousborne pruritus is mainly caused by vulvovaginal candidiasis. However, also changes in the bacterial flora can cause itching and burning. In persistent and regressing cases, we also have to consider non-infectious dermatoses. Here, the most common disease is lichen sclerosus, not only present...
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Anogenital irritation is a fairly common complaint by women in a general practitioner's surgery. No age group is exempt, if nappy rash is included, but strictly speaking pruritus is itching or irritation rather than soreness. In this region pruritus is a particularly distressing complaint because to attempt to relieve it by scratching is socially unacceptable. For this reason, parents may consu...
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The somewhat uncertain aetiology of pruritus vulvae, and, on that account, the many unsatisfactory methods of treatment employed seemed ample reason for an investigation of this condition. Treatment wasrby Amido-benzoic acid (" A.B.A. ") injections, this method being used, firstly, because of its success in pruritus ani; secondly, because no detailed report of its action in pruritus vulvae has ...
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Chronic pruritus is one of the most frequent complaints of the skin associated with a high disease burden and markedly impaired quality of life. Chronic pruritus (>6 weeks of duration) may occur in a broad variety of diseases including dermatological, systemic, neurological, psychosomatic/psychiatric and gynaecological ones and in every age group (children, adults, pregnant women, elderly patie...
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Pruritus ani is an unpleasant cutaneous sensation that induces the desire to scratch the skin around the anal orifice. It may start insidiously and appears in 1% to 5% of the population. It is classified as primary (idiopathic) pruritus ani when no cause can be found. However, as 25% to 75% of cases have co-existing pathology, a detailed history and examination are necessary. The goal of treatm...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1971
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.5750.656