When the weather turns cold, the joints of hands and feet will hurt. What's going on here?

Due to the dry climate and low air humidity, many people will have large and small cracks on their hands and feet, which will cause unbearable pain when walking or labor friction. Larger cracks can also cause bleeding, and even purulent infection may occur after bacterial invasion. This phenomenon of skin cracking on hands and feet in winter is called "chapped" in medicine, also called chapped (read Jun, not Gui). So, how to prevent chapped skin in winter?

1. When the climate is cold, wash your hands, face or feet with or without alkaline soap as little as possible, otherwise it will remove too much fat and make your skin chapped easily. People who have frequent contact with mineral oil, cement, lime, etc., should wash their hands and feet in time after work, dry them with a dry towel and then apply some grease to lubricate their skin;

2. Vitamin A can protect skin and prevent chapping. Carrots, animal livers, eggs and pineapples are rich in vitamin A, so you should eat more in winter. People with a history of chapped skin should pay attention to cold and warmth to protect their skin when the climate turns cold. People who originally suffered from dermatoses such as tinea pedis and ichthyosis should be treated as soon as possible.

If chapped skin has appeared on hands and feet, 5- 10% salicylic acid ointment can be used for external use. In severe cases, soak the affected area in hot water for 5- 10 minutes before applying the medicine, cut off the thick cuticle around the chapped skin with a blade, and tighten the chapped area with adhesive tape as much as possible after applying the medicine. This can not only alleviate the pain, but also promote the healing of the gap as soon as possible.

Five methods to treat chapped skin

In winter, dry skin is prone to chapping. Before going to bed every night, soak the chapped area in hot water for a few minutes to soften it. Then take 2 ~ 3 cod liver oil pills, and squeeze out the liquid and apply it on the crack, 1 night, 1 week.

If the skin is chapped, you can mix vinegar and glycerin evenly at the ratio of 5: 1, and then rub the affected area twice a day, so that the skin will become smooth and tender.

Boil 2 eggs, put the yolk in an iron pan, boil it into oil with low fire, cool it and apply it to chapped skin twice a day for three or four days.

1 potato, peeled and mashed after cooking, mixed with a little vaseline, put in a clean bottle and applied to the affected area, 1 ~ times a day for several days.

For chapped hands and feet, take 1 banana (with good black skin), knead a small hole, squeeze it out like toothpaste, and rub it on your palm. After drying, the palm and the back of the hand will feel smooth. When used on feet, the method is the same. It may hurt a little when you use it for the first time, especially when there are small chaps. This is a normal phenomenon, and it will be fine after a while. Wash your hands and feet every night, and then use. It usually heals several times in a row.

The pathological overview of chapped skin is a common skin disease, which mainly occurs in hands and feet, and refers to the dryness and cracking of the skin of hands and feet caused by various reasons. It is more common in winter, and it can be painful, affecting labor and work. The incidence rate is higher in factories and rural areas. According to the etiology, a slight incision of the thick and hard epidermis at the chapped part can relieve the pain. After thinning, soak in hot water for more than ten minutes or longer to moisturize the skin. After drying, apply 15% urea fat, compound allantoin cream or 10% sulfur salicylic acid ointment. 65438+ 0-2 times a day. Or apply bletilla striata fine powder 10g and vaseline 90g externally, or use adhesive tape. To prevent winter, you should soak your hands and feet in hot water first, then apply moisturizing oil to keep warm, and use less alkaline soap. If it is caused by occupational labor and other factors, protective measures should be strengthened to avoid direct contact with harmful physical or chemical stimuli. If it is caused by fungi, it is necessary to treat mycosis. The development of clinical manifestations of rhagadia can be divided into three stages: rhagadia, rhagadia and rhagadia. The damage is cracks with different depths and lengths, which develop in the direction of dermatoglyphics and can reach 2~3mm long or longer. It usually occurs at fingertips, finger flexion surfaces, heels, lateral toes and other parts, mostly on both sides. According to the depth of the crack, it can generally be divided into three degrees: it only reaches the epidermis at a time, and there are no symptoms such as bleeding and pain; The second-degree fissure penetrates from epidermis to dermis, which can cause mild pain, but does not cause bleeding; Third-degree fissure penetrates deep into dermis and subcutaneous tissue from epidermis, often causing bleeding and pain. Diagnosis is common in adults and the elderly, and can occur in both men and women. In winter, the skin of hands and feet is dry, rough, thickened, cracked, deeper in the thick stratum corneum, and even bleeding, often accompanied by pain. The etiology of syndrome differentiation complications varies from site to site, mainly due to thickening, dryness and local movement of epidermis. The cuticle of hands and feet, especially palms and toes, is thick, and there is no sebaceous gland. In winter, there is little sweat secretion and insufficient sebum moisture, so the skin is easy to dry, plus various mechanical and physical frictions and stimuli. Stimulation of chemical and biological factors (such as fungal infection), degreasing of acid-base organic lysozyme, etc. Thickening the stratum corneum and reducing the elasticity and toughness of the skin. In this case, the skin chapped due to the pulling of local actions, which is the decisive factor of local activities and diseases. Old people have dry skin, chronic eczema of palms and soles and other skin diseases. Tinea pedis, keratosis palmaris, ichthyosis, chilblain on the back of hand and fingers, etc. , are prone to illness.

Five methods to treat chapped skin

In winter, dry skin is prone to chapping. Before going to bed every night, soak the chapped area in hot water for a few minutes to soften it. Then take 2 ~ 3 cod liver oil pills, and squeeze out the liquid and apply it on the crack, 1 night, 1 week.

If the skin is chapped, you can mix vinegar and glycerin evenly at the ratio of 5: 1, and then rub the affected area twice a day, so that the skin will become smooth and tender.

Boil 2 eggs, put the yolk in an iron pan, boil it into oil with low fire, cool it and apply it to chapped skin twice a day for three or four days.

1 potato, peeled and mashed after cooking, mixed with a little vaseline, put in a clean bottle and applied to the affected area, 1 ~ times a day for several days.

For chapped hands and feet, take 1 banana (with good black skin), knead a small hole, squeeze it out like toothpaste, and rub it on your palm. After drying, the palm and the back of the hand will feel smooth. When used on feet, the method is the same. It may hurt a little when you use it for the first time, especially when there are small chaps. This is a normal phenomenon, and it will be fine after a while. Wash your hands and feet every night, and then use. It usually heals several times in a row.