# Itching

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itching/40743>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 11, 2000, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itching/40743 "2000-11-11T01:46:33Z")\
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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:** [November 11, 2000, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itching/40743/1 "2000-11-11T01:46:33Z")

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Is itching actually a certain form of exquisite pain that can only be be countered by scratching which is more painfull than the itch?? Just curious. Any dermatologists out there???