Why does an itch move when you scratch it?

14/03/2022 4 min
Why does an itch move when you scratch it?

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Episode Synopsis

Mariam has been itching to find an answer to the question of "When I scratch an itch, the itch seems to move around my body. And I want to know why this is." Dr Yvonne Couch from the Radcliffe Department of Medicine spoke to Otis Kingsman... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists