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            The ‘leech to draw blood’ and other curious facts about medicine in ancient times Thanks to all the technological and scientific advances, we have better conditions to take care of our health. If you remember, in school they say that the death rate was low, about 30 years old. Why is it not so now? People manage to live longer thanks to the fact that various diseases are already known and it is known how they should be treated. This was not the case in ancient times. Learn about some curious facts from the time, like, for example, that they used a leech to draw blood from a patient. It is well known that not long ago  anesthesia  existed, nor were there operating rooms where people could be treated. Indeed, many drugs were discovered as a disease like the Black Plague. Without further ado, let’s discover curious facts about medicine in ancient times. Trust me, you’ll be surprised. Curious facts about medicine in ancient times Curious Fact #1 of Medicine in Antiquity Hemorrh

Why Do We Scratch That Itch If itching keeps you up at night, you’re not alone. Pruritus (aka itching) is a sensation we all experience daily, some of us more than others. To ditch the itch, most of us resort to scratching to get relief. While this may feel oh so good, the moment you swipe at your skin, you trigger something known as the itch-scratch cycle. What is an itch? “An itch can feel like a burning sensation, a slightly electrical or periodic nonpainful sensation, or like something is crawling along the skin,” says Dr. Melanie Palm, a board certified dermatologist and cosmetic surgeon. Other than being extremely annoying at 2 a.m., an itch is a sensation caused by stimulation of nerve cells in the skin, which Dr. Adarsh Vijay Mudgil, founder of Mudgil Dermatology, says causes us to scratch. Why does scratching feel good? If you think about it, scratching is a type of pain, yet we rely on it to get rid of an itch. When we scratch, Mudgil says we send low-level pain signals to th