The Link Between Itch and Aging, with Daniel Butler, MD
Daniel Butler, MD, discusses a more complex definition of immunosenescence, and the interplay between aging and itch-related conditions.
Daniel Butler, MD, is associate professor of medicine at the College of Medicine Tucson, University of Arizona. He is also the Director of the Inflammatory & Aging Skin Research Program, and a pioneer in the space of geriatric dermatology.
Butler sat down with Patient Care Online© live at the 2025 American Academy of Dermatology Conference in Orlando, March 7-11, to discuss many issues related to chronic itch in older patients, including the concept of immunosenescence and why its more complex a process than generally understood, and how it relates to the interplay between aging and itch.
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