We've only started to understand that kind of itch recently. Similarly, we didn't really ... understand chronic itch very well until recently. And we're in a period, I'd say in the last 20 years ...

Typically, chronic anal fissures are acute anal fissures ... and it might feel like your anus is burning or itching. The anal ...

and anal itching or pain. Many factors can contribute to the development of rectal prolapse, including constipation, chronic coughing, and problems with the muscles or nerves in the pelvic region.

Journalist Annie Lowrey has a rare disease that causes a near-constant itch that doesn't respond to most treatments. She ...

Journalist Annie Lowrey has a rare disease that causes a near-constant itch that doesn't respond to most treatments. She likens the itchiness to a... Chronic itch is miserable. Scientists are just ...

On thinking of itch as a disease When scientists said that itching is a disease in and of itself, what they meant was that chronic itching changes the body's own circuitry in a way that begets ...