What is an 'itch'?

What is an 'itch'?

Daniel Behroozan (Dermatologist) gives expert video advice on: What is an 'itch'?; What's the connection between histamine and itching?; When does itching indicate a serious condition? and more...

Well, an itch is really any stimulus in the skin, and specific to the skin, and that stimulus is transmitted to the brain, and then that causes a reflex reaction in the patient or in the person to scratch the skin, and that's what we define an itch as.