title: [Prurigo].
abstract: Prurigo is a medical term which includes several clinical, pathological and etiologic entities. Diagnostic and therapeutic management is different depending on if we face acute prurigo or chronic prurigo. Acute prurigo is almost always linked to parasites or insects. Chronic prurigo can be linked to dermatologic diseases or may reveal internal pathologies. Complementary exams we should ask for are focused on these diseases. Idiopathic chronic prurigo, without underlying disease, is the most frequent one. It needs regular survey, as it can reveal cutaneous or internal diseases after months or even years. Treatment of prurigo is treatment of the underlying disease. Symptomatic treatment against pruritus, topic or systemic, must be added.
authors.affiliation: Université François-Rabelais Tours, Service de Dermatologie, CHRU de Tours, F-37044 Tours Cedex 9, France. annabel.maruani@univ-tours.fr
authors.forename: Annabel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maruani
authors.forename: Mahtab
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samimi
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lorette
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000588:Amines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077206:Gabapentin; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings; D020932:Nerve Growth Factor / Q000502:physiology; D011536:Prurigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D002220:Carbamazepine; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D000077206:Gabapentin; D020932:Nerve Growth Factor