title: [Pruritus--symptom of both skin and systemic diseases].
abstract: Itching is one of the most common complaints affecting the skin. A differentiation is made between pruritus in the absence of inflamed skin lesions, which is frequently associated with a systemic disease, and pruritus caused by inflamed skin, as a symptom of a skin disease. Treatment is directed initially to the underlying illness, and both topical and systemic antipruritic medications are available as flanking measures.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Hautkrankheiten, Universitätsklinikum Münster. sonja.staender@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ständer
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011537:Pruritus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy