Histamine And New Nerves Itch

Wounds itch because of our natural allergen, histamine, which causes blood vessels to expand while the sore is healing, and because new nerve cells are very sensitive and react to even the slightest movement with a sensation of an itch. Together, that histamine-driven vessel expansion and the hyperreactive new nerve cells make healing skin feel intensely itchy as it repairs.

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