09/01/2026
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ (๐ฃ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ)
Chronic itch is more than a skin symptom โ it can be stressful, exhausting, and emotionally draining. ๐ฃ๐ญ
๐ In a recent pilot study, ๐ต๐ฐ.๐ฑ% ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ reported that their itch caused ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ within the last two weeks.
Thatโs why researchers developed the ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ (๐ฃ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ)โ a questionnaire designed specifically to assess ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐.
PASS focuses on feelings such as nervousness, tension, mental exhaustion, fatigue, and the urge to scratch more when feeling distressed.
This matters because ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ.
With PASS, clinicians can better recognize the hidden burden of chronic itch and identify when distress is contributing to worsening symptoms.
It also allows treatment success to be measured not only by โless itchโ, but by โless distress caused by itch.โ
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2025.1683259/full