Evolutionary Reason for Scratching
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It's tough to resist scratching an itch — and evolution may be to blame
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Study: Scratching an itch increases inflammation and boosts the body's immune response at an itchy injury site.
The findings may help explain why scratching has been preserved across multiple species.
The research was published in the journal Science on Thursday .
It's highly evolutionarily conserved, an immunologist at Harvard Medical School said.
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