# Itching and pain question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itching-and-pain-question/132918>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 19, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itching-and-pain-question/132918 "2002-10-19T00:48:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![insider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@insider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insider)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itching-and-pain-question/132918/1 "2002-10-19T00:48:21Z")

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Is itching a suble form of pain which needs the creation of greater pain (scratching) in order to end the itch? What illnesses have symtomatic itching?

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**Author:** ![jacksen9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jacksen9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacksen9)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2002, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itching-and-pain-question/132918/2 "2002-10-19T11:35:57Z")

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