 That itching! you know you need to scratch, but the moment you do you know you are going to pay the price. Right?
So is there anyway of stopping the itching? well there may be, antihistamine medication may reduce the itch during a flare up of ezcema, and the reduced scratching in turn reduces damage and irritation to the skin (the Itch cycle).
Capsaicin applied to the skin acts as a counter irritant (see Gate control theory of nerve signal transmission). Other agents that act on nerve transmissions, like menthol, also have been found to mitigate the body's itch signals, providing some relief. Whilst research has suggested Naloxone hydrochloride and dibucaine suppress the itch cycle in atopic-dermatitis model mice.
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