The proverb says that "eating and scratching, everything is starting." A study from the Wake Forest School of Medicine (USA) suggests that the second is especially true when we scratch our ankles . In fact, researchers have shown that scratching this area of the body when we feel itchy or itchy is what brings the most relief and pleasure to humans . Until now, it was thought that humans preferred to have our backs scratched, so the results have been "a surprise". The study is published in the British Journal of Dermatology.
According to the authors of the work, the ankle is also the area of the body where an insect bite is most annoying.
