From Ask Yahoo!’s “Why does scratching an itch make it stop?”
So why does scratching seem to help, at least temporarily? … the general theory is that scratching provides a “counterirritation” that distracts the brain from the original itch.
From Ask Yahoo!’s “Why does scratching an itch make it stop?”
So why does scratching seem to help, at least temporarily? … the general theory is that scratching provides a “counterirritation” that distracts the brain from the original itch.