Magnificent medicine that suppresses all kinds of pain and itching also identifies the cause of itchy sunburn

More than 10 days earlier than usualShikoku and China, Kinki, Tokai region is rainy seasonAlthough it was announced that it was done, as the sun is getting stronger, it is about to enter the season where sunburn is worrisome. The sunburn causes the skin to get bruised, and the skin becomes very sensitive, making it very easy to turn over, but the cause was identified.

Sunburn study could lead to new pain treatments - Telegraph

According to a study by Professor Steve McMahon of King's College London of England, et al., It is said that the causative substance causing the skin bruise that is felt by sunburn has been identified.

This was artificially generated sunburn by irradiating ultraviolet rays (UVB) to a very small part of the skin of subjects with good health conditions, and samples of the sunburned skin were sampled and examined, It has been clarified that a large amount of protein called CXCL5, which causes causes, is contained.

As a result of more detailed survey using rats, it was revealed that by using an antibody that suppresses the function of CXCL5, the pain felt by sunburn decreased, and Professor McMahon said " It also has a great meaning in solving pain caused by diseases such as arthritis and cystitis which cause pain due to inflammation as well as sunburn pain. "

In addition, "Based on this discovery, it will be possible to develop an analgesic that can chronically itch and pain in the near future," so in the future sunburn is not limited to sunburn, pain due to a wide range of causes It is likely to expect to relieve itching effectively.