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chillipepper | 19:18 Sat 11th Mar 2006 | Body & Soul
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What is an itch?And just exactly how does a scratch work?
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Avatar Image The Tiggster
Great question, but can I add - what does a baby do when it gets itchy & is too young to know how to scratch??
21:17 Sat 11th Mar 2006
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Not entirely satisfactory, but here's one explanation...


http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/mar97/857507616.Me.r.html


21:31 Sat 11th Mar 2006
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I think scratching is instinctive behaviour when we have an itch Tiggster.
21:36 Sat 11th Mar 2006
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That was quite a good link Clanad, never thought about the theory of scratching making the itch confused. There is nothing better than getting to a itch with your nails!


Sorry chillipepper for hi-jacking your post!

21:52 Sat 11th Mar 2006
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Does anyone else find that when somebody mentions itches, they start itching all over?
23:24 Sat 11th Mar 2006

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