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22 Oct 2002, 01:51
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biology question (a little silly)
why do we only get itches on the outside?
i'd have first thought it was cos you have different structure on external and internal 'skin'....but genitals are mucous membrane tissue and they still itch, and you can get a tickle in your throat that feels itchy....but why don't you get an itchy stomach, or lungs, or intestine, or liver or other things?
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22 Oct 2002, 01:52
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Testicles.
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22 Oct 2002, 01:52
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my theory is sweat glands
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22 Oct 2002, 01:58
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Quote:
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my theory is sweat glands
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on the back of the throat?
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22 Oct 2002, 02:03
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I'm inclined to agree with sweat glands.
Or at least some form of excretion tissue.
That's present in all the above cases.
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22 Oct 2002, 02:05
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Quote:
Originally posted by Nuff
I'm inclined to agree with sweat glands.
Or at least some form of excretion tissue.
That's present in all the above cases.
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but all the digestive tract has various different secretions, and that doesn't itch dammit
and the lungs do too
and and and and
why can't someone just tell me a plausible yet comprehensive answer so i can stop thinking about it and go to bed?
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22 Oct 2002, 02:05
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/me whips out the big-arse biology book.
Testicles.
Sweat glands are used for homeostasis (cooling down body temperature).
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22 Oct 2002, 02:06
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cos the lungs and rest of the digestive tract can move (and usually do)
NOW GO TO BED FS!
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22 Oct 2002, 02:07
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Eh, there's such a thing as CELLS which SENSE things, like preasure , temperature, damage etc. We need to be able to sense any touch on the outside, and it's these cells that gets irritated when it itches. You have similar cells in the mucous membranes of the body, to sense foreign objects likely to damage these sensitive organs. A foreign object in the lungs or in the stomach will have to have passed a sensitive region already, and thus you will be aware of it without additional sensing, and it wouldn't help much.
You do have such cells in the intestines, but there you need totally different reflexes than the itch reflex.
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22 Oct 2002, 02:08
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why is it so important..............
someone answer fs its got me wondering
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22 Oct 2002, 02:10
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Quote:
Originally posted by Nofutcha
why is it so important..............
someone answer fs its got me wondering
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Testicles.
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22 Oct 2002, 02:11
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Quote:
Originally posted by W
Eh, there's such a thing as CELLS which SENSE things, like preasure , temperature, damage etc. We need to be able to sense any touch on the outside, and it's these cells that gets irritated when it itches. You have similar cells in the mucous membranes of the body, to sense foreign objects likely to damage these sensitive organs. A foreign object in the lungs or in the stomach will have to have passed a sensitive region already, and thus you will be aware of it without additional sensing, and it wouldn't help much.
You do have such cells in the intestines, (atleast I do) but there you need totally different reflexes than the itch reflex, and thus you never itch there.
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but why?
is the feeling of an itch not transmitted to the brain from these areas, or is it that the brain doesn't interpret it as an itch...cos the digestive tract obviously have nerves in, as some sensations are transmitted...why not the itch one?
or is it just that the stomach etc can only feel one feeling, that of pressure, which is transmitted as a pain feeling to the brain...skin can feel hot and cold and pressure and sharp things and tickle things....but thinking about it....when you have a too hot drink, or a too cold drink, both make your stomach hurt.....so maybe when you get an internal itch, your body just thinks it's pain?
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22 Oct 2002, 02:12
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You got your answer. Go to sleep.
(This is the American hour, let us have our fun)
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22 Oct 2002, 02:13
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You got your answer. Go to sleep.
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'testicles' is neither plausible nor comprehensive
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22 Oct 2002, 02:14
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Quote:
Originally posted by Vampy
but why?
is the feeling of an itch not transmitted to the brain from these areas, or is it that the brain doesn't interpret it as an itch...cos the digestive tract obviously have nerves in, as some sensations are transmitted...why not the itch one?
or is it just that the stomach etc can only feel one feeling, that of pressure, which is transmitted as a pain feeling to the brain...skin can feel hot and cold and pressure and sharp things and tickle things....but thinking about it....when you have a too hot drink, or a too cold drink, both make your stomach hurt.....so maybe when you get an internal itch, your body just thinks it's pain?
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No, it's because you can't scratch your intestine, and as such you simply don't have any itch reflex for it. These reflexes are controled by YOU, they are not totally automatic (you can choose not to scratch an itch), but are quite useful as scratching/coughing/whatever often removes whatever it is that is irritating the skin/mucous membrane.
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22 Oct 2002, 02:14
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good answer W!!!!
The brain interprets the responses seperately. thoise from further along the digestive tract are different to those from the throat etc.
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22 Oct 2002, 03:41
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Ive had a tickle in my lungs alot, that count?
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22 Oct 2002, 03:53
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how the hell would your intestines get irritated to itch?
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22 Oct 2002, 03:54
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Quote:
Originally posted by _RATM_
how the hell would your intestines get irritated to itch?
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if you ate an ants nest?
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22 Oct 2002, 03:55
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if you ate an ants nest?
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yeah but that be bugs eating your inside.
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22 Oct 2002, 04:13
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They're caused by hairs on the skin or cillia in muscus membrane tissue. The itch is when you detect the force on the hair or cillia.
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22 Oct 2002, 13:33
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Quote:
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They're caused by hairs on the skin or cillia in muscus membrane tissue. The itch is when you detect the force on the hair or cillia.
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how about when you get an itch on the sole of your foot (the most annoying thing ever!!!)
there's no hair there!
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22 Oct 2002, 13:33
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my testicles itch
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22 Oct 2002, 13:39
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Itches are cause by irritated "touch sensors" on your skin.
You dont have anywhere near as many "touch sensors" inside your body as you do outside therefore you dont feel an itch.
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22 Oct 2002, 13:39
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Quote:
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my testicles itch
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scratch
or wash occasionaly
or see a doctor
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22 Oct 2002, 13:42
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Quote:
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This may not get rid of the itching
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it didn't 
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22 Oct 2002, 13:43
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Quote:
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option 4: Make like a dog and lick them, you know you want to.
Option 5: Get someone else to lick them.
This may not get rid of the itching but who cares.
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Option 6: Obey your thirst
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Quote:
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my testicles itch
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it's happening again
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11 Aug 2003, 22:24
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How could i miss this thread the first time around?
Poor me.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Nashmeister
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Testicles.
Sweat glands are used for homeostasis (cooling down body temperature).
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homeostatis is maintain constant body temperature
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I miss vampy she had personality.
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I wonder what it was she had
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Quote:
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I miss Radical Edward oh wait there he is
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Tits?
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Maybe there just arent things that cause your internal organs to itch at all...
more likely that they cant convey the signal that the brain interprets as 'itch' or that signal is interprated as 'pain' or 'burning'
Would explain things when I spent a week in hospital with severe stomach and digestive tract pains.
When they gave me morphine it took the cramping and pain away but there was intese burning still
The doc said it was probably irritated...
If its irritated then instead of an itch you feel pain and/or burning
Or I dunno,this doesnt deserve the thought some people put into it
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