What is a Rash?

Rash is any abnormal change in skin color or texture. Medical terminology of rashes.

What is an Itch?

Itch is a sensation that provokes a desire to scratch. Itch diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.

Itchy vs Non-itchy Rash

Itch may help in diagnosis of rash. For example, bumps in keratosis pilaris usually don’t itch, in acne occasionally, in folliculitis often, and in allergy (bumpy hives) regularly. Severity of itch sometimes reflects severity of the disorder, for example, mild psoriasis doesn’t itch, but severe one does.

Here is a list of non-itchy rashes.


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