What's the difference between itch and itchiness?

Itch


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.
  • (v. i.) To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears.
  • (n.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact.
  • (n.) Any itching eruption.
  • (n.) A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc.
  • (n.) A constant irritating desire.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The effects of the depth of injection and of skin temperature on the latency, magnitude, and duration of itch were examined.
  • (2) It was found that medrysone (1%) significantly improved the symptoms of itching, watering, photophobia and hyperaemia, while sodium cromoglycate (2%) was found to be ineffective.
  • (3) Treatments for jock itch include anti-fungal ointments and lotions, or anti-fungal pills for severe cases.
  • (4) The speediest effect was registered for sneezing, followed by nasal catarrh, nasal itching, and blocking.
  • (5) We reviewed 52 reports in the literature of the use of epidural and spinal opiates to assess the incidence of itching and found an overall incidence of 8.5% in patients receiving epidural opiates, and 46% in patients receiving spinal opiates.
  • (6) Side effects with OTFC were more frequent: nose itching occurred in 65%, body itching in 10%, and vomiting in 30%.
  • (7) Itching appeared before erythema in 83% of subjects and within 5-8 min after instillation of the allergen.
  • (8) Topical BDP by both methods of delivery was rapidly effective in decreasing mean nasal obstruction, rhinorrhea, sneezing, and itching symptoms as well as mean eye symptoms with no statistically significant differences between them.
  • (9) Chlorpheniramine given alone produced no significant benefit whilst cimetidine alone produced a marked exacerbation in itching in nearly half the patients who initially entered the study and was sufficient to require withdrawal.
  • (10) But the ad any American politico worth his salt would be itching to make would open thus.
  • (11) The treatment proved to be effective in those with toxicoderma, secondary xanthomatosis, porphyria cutanea tarda, skin itching, and urticaria, particularly in the cases when toxic exposures and gastrointestinal conditions contributed to the disease pathogenesis.
  • (12) Degrees of itching were estimated before and for 6 months after a fourth dose of ivermectin or placebo was given to 97 subjects in Sierra Leone.
  • (13) "Itching" was the most frequent complaint, encountered in 20 (69%) of the study patient.
  • (14) For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths."
  • (15) And even more scary, I have a drillion moles all over my body, some of which have now started itching, on my back.
  • (16) PUPP is a specific eruptive dermatosis in pregnancy, clinically characterized by erythematous papules and plaques with intense itching in periumbilical localization.
  • (17) Severity of itching was determined by a visual linear analogue scale.
  • (18) Giant papillary conjunctivitis (GPC) is largely a soft contact lens-related syndrome, characterized by the formation of giant papillae on the upper tarsal conjunctiva, itching, excess mucus, erythema, and contact lens intolerance.
  • (19) Therapeutic response was assessed according to the suppression of symptoms and symptom diary scores of daily itching and frequency, number, size, and duration of hives.
  • (20) The study which was carried out in 20 patients confirmed the lack of collateral effects on the fetus, mother (except for slight itching in 25% of cases) and the progress of labour.

Itchiness


Definition:

  • (n.) The state of being itchy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Patients with acute or chronic liver disease often suffer from dry, itchy and flaky skin.
  • (2) The two treatments were equally effective in controlling eye irritation, sneezing, nasal congestion and itchy nose, throat and palate, but cetirizine improved rhinorrhea more than terfenadine (P less than .05).
  • (3) Acne solaris a form of acne that appears and relapses after sun exposure, is almost always itchy and is preferably localized on the upper anterior chest, the deltoid regions and the shoulders.
  • (4) The severity of the symptoms sneezing, running nose, blocked nose and itchy eyes was recorded daily by each patient on a 10 cm visual analog scale.
  • (5) A similar, although non-significant, trend was observed for sneezing and itchy nose, but there was no apparent difference in the reporting of sore eyes.
  • (6) Read more Reputex says the detailed rules confirm none of Australia’s top 20 emitting facilities – including brown coal-fired power stations Loy Yang A and B and Hazelwood, and new liquefied natural gas processing facilities such as Wheatstone, Gorgon, Itchys and Pluto – will be forced to reduce emissions.
  • (7) Blood tests were done weekly and patients used a visual analogue scale (VAS) from 0 to 100 to mark their level of itchiness daily.
  • (8) A day or so later came an itchy rash across her body and a fever of 39C (102F), swiftly followed by raw red conjunctivitis eyes.
  • (9) Efficacy evaluation consisted of nasal flow rates measured by rhinomanometry, sneeze counts, nasal itchiness scores, and weight of nasal secretions during challenges.
  • (10) The in vitro incorporation of 14C acetate by the epidermis has been studied in patients with autosomal dominant ichthyosis and in patients with a dry, itchy, slightly scaly skin associated with a disorder of the small bowel.
  • (11) Scratching the itchy lesions often spreads the condition by transplanting the remanent resinous toxin to other parts of the body.
  • (12) Sometimes, he says, people don't realise it's the cream that's to blame for their itchy skin, and rub even more on.
  • (13) Two days after ingestion of snails, they developed a generalized itchy maculopapular rash followed by myalgia, marked paresthesia, fever and headache.
  • (14) Although no significant differences were found for itchy nose, blocked nose, and ocular symptoms, severities tended to be generally less under levocabastine than under sodium cromoglycate.
  • (15) He wouldn't ask you to put your itchy ear up to the camera.
  • (16) Reputex says the detailed rules, signed off by cabinet on Tuesday, confirm that none of Australia’s top 20 emitting facilities – including brown coal-fired power stations Loy Yang A and B and Hazelwood, and new LNG processing facilities such as Wheatstone, Gorgon, Itchys and Pluto – will be forced to reduce emissions.
  • (17) We examined one male and two female patients with a localised itchy erythematous papule of the eyelid.
  • (18) It was found that May was stated to be the month of onset of the disease for the indigenous group whereas June tended to be the month of onset for the immigrant group.The sample proved too small to detect any existing patterns in personal or family history, but sex links were found in both response to grass pollen and a personal history of asthma, in that men showed less tendency to asthma whilst proportionately less women than men responded to grass pollen skin tests only.We suggest that a diagnosis of hay fever should be considered in both the young and the elderly who present with recurrent symptoms occurring only in the summer months, of one or more of the following: sneezing, lacrimation, nasal drip, nasal blockage, wheezing, dry throat, or itchy eyes.
  • (19) This case report illustrates that the typical symptoms of allergic rhinitis--rhinorrhea, itchy eyes, nose and throat--should not be taken as a routine phenomenon without consideration of other differential diagnoses.
  • (20) Total symptom severity as a percentage of the theoretical maximum symptom severity during the treatment period was lower for levocabastine than for sodium cromoglycate (p = 0.06) or placebo (p = 0.004) for the severest nasal symptom (35% versus 47% and 76%), sneezing (the most frequent symptom) (27% versus 42% and 67%), and itchy nose (18% versus 37% and 67%).

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