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Author Message Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6761 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Monday, June 06, 2011 - 7:51 pm:        I used to have a scrund about a certain medical symptom. I've met other people who had the same scrund.Maybe some of you did, too. What is it? Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1489 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Monday, June 06, 2011 - 8:25 pm:        The symptom - pain? high temperature? coughing? dizziness? sleepiness? nausea? vomiting? sweating? vision problems? rash? itching? high blood pressure? low blood pressure? Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn) New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1347 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Monday, June 06, 2011 - 8:35 pm:        Is the symptom associated with a specific disease? Only a few diseases? Or is it a more general symptom, associated with many diseases? Was your scrund that you thought something other than the truth about the disease(s) associated with the symptom? If so, same questions for what you thought. Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6763 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Monday, June 06, 2011 - 8:51 pm:        Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1489 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Monday, June 06, 2011 - 8:25 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) The symptom - pain? high temperature? coughing? dizziness? sleepiness? nausea? vomiting? sweating? vision problems? rash? itching? high blood pressure? low blood pressure?itching Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn) New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1347 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Monday, June 06, 2011 - 8:35 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the symptom associated with a specific disease? no Only a few diseases? no Or is it a more general symptom, associated with many diseases? yes--it's itching Was your scrund that you thought something other than the truth about the disease(s) associated with the symptom? noIf so, same questions for what you thought. Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1490 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Monday, June 06, 2011 - 8:55 pm:        Was the scrund about the causes of itching? about the treatment? about what diseases it is a symptom of? Is a specific body part relevant? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6764 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Monday, June 06, 2011 - 9:45 pm:        Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1490 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Monday, June 06, 2011 - 8:55 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was the scrund about the causes of itching? no about the treatment? no about what diseases it is a symptom of? no Is a specific body part relevant? no Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3480 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 2:43 pm:        Relevant that a wound tends to itch when it begins to heal? Or is scratching the itch relevant? Vesica (Vesica) New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 1304 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 4:48 pm:        Is the scrund about: What causes the itching? How to ease the itching? The consequences of scratching? What the itching means in terms of healing? How to distract yourself from the itching? Allergies relevant? Skin conditions? Immune response? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6767 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 5:59 pm:        Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3480 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 2:43 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Relevant that a wound tends to itch when it begins to heal?no Or is scratching the itch relevant? no Vesica (Vesica) New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 1304 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 4:48 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the scrund about: What causes the itching? yesish How to ease the itching? yesish The consequences of scratching? no What the itching means in terms of healing? no How to distract yourself from the itching? no Allergies relevant? no Skin conditions? no Immune response? no I'm delighted to say that, aside from identifying the symptom as itching everyone so far has been OWT (on the wrong track) on this puzzle!! BLOOOOPER ATERTTTTTTTTTTTTT!! Above I have Was the scrund about the causes of itching? no about the treatment? no Both answers should be yesish Vesica (Vesica) New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 1315 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 7:00 pm:        Is your scrund actually medical? Or some sort of folk belief about what itching means? Is a specific body part or area relevant? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6770 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 7:28 pm:        Vesica (Vesica) New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 1315 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 7:00 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is your scrund actually medical? yope Or some sort of folk belief about what itching means? yope Is a specific body part or area relevant? no Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6777 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - 7:55 pm:        So far, an important general sort of possibility is being overlooked. . . . Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3487 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2011 - 12:20 pm:        Is this scrund specific to some sort of skin itch like a rash or an allergic reaction or could you have this scrund about an itch caused by lets say headlice. Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6782 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2011 - 5:32 pm:        Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3487 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2011 - 12:20 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is this scrund specific to some sort of skin itch like a rash or an allergic reaction no or could you have this scrund about an itch caused by lets say headlice. yes Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1777 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2011 - 7:40 pm:        Does it have anything to do with the relationship between itching and pain? For a while there was a theory among some, that itching is merely very mild pain. As far as I know, that has been mostly disproven, i.e. I believe there are distinct "itch nerves" that have been discovered. Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6785 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2011 - 9:00 pm:        Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1777 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2011 - 7:40 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does it have anything to do with the relationship between itching and pain? noFor a while there was a theory among some, that itching is merely very mild pain. As far as I know, that has been mostly disproven, i.e. I believe there are distinct "itch nerves" that have been discovered. Interesting, but is pain a matter of which nerves are involved or of how something feels (or both)? Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1778 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Friday, June 10, 2011 - 2:58 am:        There are specific nerves that transmit pain impulses to the brain, which are different from the ones that carry the sensation of touch. Some thought that the same nerves (and nerve endings) that sense pain, when stimulated so slightly that it does not consciously register as pain, was the cause of itch. Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3490 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Friday, June 10, 2011 - 1:39 pm:        Is this anything to do with how certain diseases are spread? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6786 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Friday, June 10, 2011 - 6:06 pm:        Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1778 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Friday, June 10, 2011 - 2:58 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) There are specific nerves that transmit pain impulses to the brain, which are different from the ones that carry the sensation of touch. Some thought that the same nerves (and nerve endings) that sense pain, when stimulated so slightly that it does not consciously register as pain, was the cause of itch. Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3490 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Friday, June 10, 2011 - 1:39 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is this anything to do with how certain diseases are spread? no Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1194 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2011 - 2:35 pm:        is the scrund about what an itch actually is? who gets them? how long they last? what makes them start? what makes them go away? how strong they feel? whether they are preceived positively or negatively? the link with scratching? the link with a medical condition? where in the body they are felt? what their purpose is? is it relevant that an itch might well be related to the sensation of an insect or parasite on the skin? might be our nervous system giving a false clue that this is happening? are animals relevant? plants? medicines? skin colour? hairiness? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6792 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2011 - 7:04 pm:        Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1194 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2011 - 2:35 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) is the scrund about what an itch actually is? yope who gets them? yopehow long they last? yopewhat makes them start? yopewhat makes them go away? no how strong they feel? nowhether they are preceived positively or negatively? no the link with scratching? yope the link with a medical condition? yope where in the body they are felt? yope what their purpose is? no is it relevant that an itch might well be related to the sensation of an insect or parasite on the skin? no might be our nervous system giving a false clue that this is happening? no are animals relevant? no plants? nomedicines? no skin colour? nohairiness? no Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6805 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Monday, June 20, 2011 - 8:42 pm:        HINT: You're all OWT (on the wrong track!!) There's one question, often important on my puzzles, that is important here, & that no one has asked. . . . Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1565 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 5:00 pm:        Names relevant? Professions? Religion? Do the other people who had the scrund have something in common? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6809 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 6:20 pm:        Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1565 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 5:00 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Names relevant? noProfessions? no Religion? no--think about other factors that are often important in my puzzles! Do the other people who had the scrund have something in common? no Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1567 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 8:02 pm:        Cats relevant? Other animals? End-of-life care? Politics? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6812 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 8:38 pm:        Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1567 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 8:02 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Cats relevant? Other animals? End-of-life care? Politics? They're all things that have figured in my puzzles. . .but not this one! Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1568 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 8:01 pm:        Food relevant? homosexuality? academia? Law&Order? crimes? racism? Is a specific word relevant? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6814 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 8:47 pm:        Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1568 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 8:01 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Food relevant? no homosexuality? no academia? no Law&Order? no crimes? no racism? no Is a specific word relevant? YESISH!!!!!! GOOOOD QUESTION!!!! By the way, I got a kick out of your list. Some of these items, such as food & Law & Order, really are my special interests, but others, such as homosexuality, interest me mainly because I think they often give rise to good puzzles Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1571 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 9:36 am:        Is the word itch itself relevant? itching? itchy? its etymology? a synonym? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6815 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 5:42 pm:        Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1571 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 9:36 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the word itch itself relevant? yes itching? no itchy? noits etymology?noish, but you're ORT a synonym? no Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1576 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 5:49 pm:        Is its pronunciation relevant? spelling? usage? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6817 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 6:15 pm:        Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1576 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 5:49 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is its pronunciation relevant?no spelling? no usage? no Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1786 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 8:05 pm:        Is the scrund about the word for "itch" in a language other than English? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6818 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 8:12 pm:        Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1786 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 8:05 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the scrund about the word for "itch" in a language other than English? no Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1787 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 10:43 pm:        Did you think you heard the word "itch" somewhere where it wasn't? like for example a mondegreen? Is it relevant that some people say "itch" when they really mean "scratch"? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6819 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 11:18 pm:        Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1787 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 10:43 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did you think you heard the word "itch" somewhere where it wasn't? like for example a mondegreen? no Is it relevant that some people say "itch" when they really mean "scratch"? no HINT: An important possibility has been overlooked so far. . . . Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1788 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Friday, June 24, 2011 - 2:38 am:        Does this involve an idiom or figure of speech that contains the word "itch"? Could someone only have the scrund if he has heard the word "itch" used in a particular context? only if he has NOT heard the word used in a particular context? Could someone have the scrund who has never felt an itch before? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6820 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Friday, June 24, 2011 - 8:09 pm:        Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1788 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Friday, June 24, 2011 - 2:38 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does this involve an idiom or figure of speech that contains the word "itch"? yes Could someone only have the scrund if he has heard the word "itch" used in a particular context? yes only if he has NOT heard the word used in a particular context? no Could someone have the scrund who has never felt an itch before?yes, provided that he knew what an itch was Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1792 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Friday, June 24, 2011 - 8:23 pm:        Was your scrund about the meaning of the idiom (or figure of speech)? About what connection the metaphor of an itch had to do with the meaning? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6821 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Friday, June 24, 2011 - 8:59 pm:        Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1792 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Friday, June 24, 2011 - 8:23 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was your scrund about the meaning of the idiom (or figure of speech)? yes About what connection the metaphor of an itch had to do with the meaning? yes Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1587 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Saturday, June 25, 2011 - 2:49 pm:        Is it... "to have an itch for sth"? "seven-year itch"? Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1084 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Saturday, June 25, 2011 - 8:00 pm:        is it "itching to"? like "I've been itching to tell you"? itch like anything? itch like buggery? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6822 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Sunday, June 26, 2011 - 9:29 pm:        Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1587 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Saturday, June 25, 2011 - 2:49 pm: Is it... "to have an itch for sth"? no "seven-year itch"? YES!!!! Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1084 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Saturday, June 25, 2011 - 8:00 pm: is it "itching to"? nolike "I've been itching to tell you"? no itch like anything? no itch like buggery? no ********** SPOILER************** I used to think that the 7-year-itch was a condition that made you spend 7 years scratching yourself, but the term now refers to the romantic restlessness that strikes some people after about 7 years of marriage.Thanks for solving it, Doriana, & please check out my new puzzle, everyone!