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Rapid response to:

Practice 10-Minute Consultation

Anal itching

BMJ 2016; 355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i4931 (Published 04 November 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;355:i4931

Rapid Response:

Re: Anal itching

Pruritus or pruritis? This was spelt "pruritus" in the article and "pruritis" in the WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW section and the HOW PATIENTS WERE INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF THIS ARTICLE paragraph.

I have to agree that "pruritus" is the way I have always spelt this - I must have been having a senior moment in my previous response, perhaps after seeing the other spelling in the print version! I am grateful to Chandrasekaran for raising this.

Competing interests: No competing interests

17 November 2016
John Merrick
Retired GP
Wells, Somerset