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Q J Med 2004; 97: 383-384
QJM vol. 97 no. 6 © Association of Physicians 2004; all rights reserved.

Coda

The itch

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I have just run the hot water tap and put my hands underneath it, with the water as hot as I could bear for as long as I could bear. The water was probably hotter than most people could stand, certainly beyond the temperature to cause pain. That was why I did it. I have been trying to reach the pain threshold in order to ‘crack’ the itch from my eczema.

To its sufferers, eczema is not principally a disease of appearance. It is a disease of itch. The itch is at times intolerable. Only hot . . . [Full Text of this Article]

John Launer


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