What's wrong with the skin?

Skin itching is a very common problem in life, and everyone has encountered it. If it stops itching for a while, or itches lightly, no one will care too much; But if the itching is too severe and unbearable, for example, if you are on pins and needles and can't sleep, it will be very serious. Itching is an unhealthy state of the skin. Looking for the cause of skin itching: 1. Some people itch so badly that you can't find the specific reason at all, especially middle-aged and elderly people. This is mainly due to skin aging, dry skin, decreased sebum membrane, decreased skin resistance and susceptibility to infection and irritation. These itching usually start from the calf and gradually develop to the back and arms. 2, dry weather: lack of water in the air will cause dry skin, dry skin itching. 3, allergies cause itching: there are many substances in nature that can make people allergic, such as pollen, catkin, seafood, alcohol lamp, when allergic, the skin will appear patches of wind bumps, itching is very intense. 4, many diseases in the body will appear itchy skin: patients with diabetes and hyperglycemia will have itchy skin, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, hepatitis, thyroid diseases, uremia and so on. Will be accompanied by itching. 5. The most troublesome skin disease is itching: such as tinea of hands and feet, solar dermatitis, eczema, seborrheic dermatitis and other skin diseases. 6. Hot and humid summer, mosquito bites, prickly heat, etc. 7. skin itching caused by ultraviolet sunburn.No. 1 series of antipruritic products remind you: to relieve itching and prevent itching, you should start with daily bathing and skin care. Four methods to treat itching are not desirable: 1. Scratch the itchy part hard: Scratch the skin hard, it is easy to scratch the skin and make the skin itchy. 2. Take a bath with hot water: If the water temperature is too high, it will easily destroy the protective membrane on our skin. Although it can temporarily relieve itching, it will become more and more itchy afterwards. It is recommended that you take a bath with hot water of 35-37 degrees. 3. Bath with soap or general shower gel: Because the sebum membrane that protects the skin is acidic, alkaline soap or shower gel can easily destroy this weak acidic environment, making the skin drier and more susceptible to the invasion of germs, which makes it more itchy. 4, excessive use of hormone ointment: the use of hormone ointment should be moderate, too much use of hormone ointment is easy to reduce the skin's resistance, but also easy to produce dark spots. Treating itching: Because of itching caused by various diseases or skin diseases in the body, we must actively treat the disease itself. For example, diabetic patients must control their blood sugar not to be too high, and allergic people should use antiallergic drugs to prevent excessive exposure to allergens. In addition to actively treating the disease itself, we should also pay special attention not to scratch it hard, because it is very troublesome to scratch it if it is infected. You can use some external emulsion or lotion to sterilize and prevent infection, and you can sterilize and prevent infection while cleaning. Care for skin to prevent itching: It is very important to maintain self-care for all itching caused by dry skin and skin aging. There are generally two steps in the maintenance process: one is washing, and the other is raising. Precautions for bathing: 1. Choose the right bath products: chemical shower gel or alkaline soap is especially not suitable for people with dry or aging skin, because these bath products will cause dry and aging skin. Choose some plant-based shower gel that is not irritating to the skin to take a bath and reduce the damage to the skin. 2, dry and aging skin resistance is relatively low, many germs are easy to lurk on the skin, aggravating skin itching. Therefore, when washing, we should also pay attention to choosing toiletries that can sterilize and prevent infection. 3, bathing can not be too diligent, generally 2-3 times a week is appropriate. Precautions for skin care: 1. Moisturizing emulsion that can replenish water and oil can be applied at ordinary times or after bathing. 2. Wear soft cotton underwear. 3. Keep the indoor air humidity.