Why do we scratch when we itch?!


Question: Why do we scratch when we itch.?
Answers:
Cause it feels soooo good.Health Question & Answer

It's known as 'gate theory'. The best example of this is when adults tell children they'll stomp on their feet to relieve a headache. The idea is that you can override one sensation with another, more powerful stimulus.

When you scratch, you're just filling your nerves with so much stimulus your brain 'forgets' about the itch. Health Question & Answer

nerve fibres carrying touch sensations overrides those of pain, itch etc...that's why rubbing temporarily decreases pain...Health Question & Answer

scratch gives getter pain thn itch n so we forget th pain caused by itch its like maths scratch - itch = feel good factor :) Health Question & Answer

that happens b'coz our sense organs workout and we have the sense that our body require a itching.Health Question & Answer



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