Nocturnal Pruritus: The Battle for a Peaceful Night’s Sleep

Chronic pruritus is a debilitating condition with numerous etiologies. Many patients suffer from nocturnal pruritus, which can decrease quality of life and affect mortality in hemodialysis patients. Nocturnal pruritus may occur in all sleep stages but is most prevalent in stages N1 and N2. Further r...

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Autores principales: Lavery, Michael Joseph, Stull, Carolyn, Kinney, Michael Owen, Yosipovitch, Gil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4813276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27011178
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms17030425
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description Chronic pruritus is a debilitating condition with numerous etiologies. Many patients suffer from nocturnal pruritus, which can decrease quality of life and affect mortality in hemodialysis patients. Nocturnal pruritus may occur in all sleep stages but is most prevalent in stages N1 and N2. Further research is needed to elucidate the pathophysiology of nocturnal itch, which will aid in the development of tailored management strategies.
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spelling pubmed-48132762016-04-06 Nocturnal Pruritus: The Battle for a Peaceful Night’s Sleep Lavery, Michael Joseph Stull, Carolyn Kinney, Michael Owen Yosipovitch, Gil Int J Mol Sci Review Chronic pruritus is a debilitating condition with numerous etiologies. Many patients suffer from nocturnal pruritus, which can decrease quality of life and affect mortality in hemodialysis patients. Nocturnal pruritus may occur in all sleep stages but is most prevalent in stages N1 and N2. Further research is needed to elucidate the pathophysiology of nocturnal itch, which will aid in the development of tailored management strategies. MDPI 2016-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4813276/ /pubmed/27011178 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms17030425 Text en © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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