How to prevent skin pruritus

Update Date: 2022-12-12 Source: Network

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Skin pruritus is very common, but also very urgent. So how to prevent it?

How to prevent skin pruritus

1. Actively investigate the causes and primary diseases, and give corresponding treatment.

2. Pay attention to skin hygiene, try to live a regular life, avoid excessive scratching, hot water scalding and other stimulating factors, do not wear all kinds of chemical fiber and wool woven clothes close to the body, and avoid tobacco, alcohol, spicy and other stimulating diet.

3. Take the medicine orally. All kinds of antihistamines and antipruritic agents, such as chlorpheniramine, cyprodine, promethazine, can be used. Aspirin also has antipruritic effect. Calcium gluconate and sodium thiosulfate can be injected intravenously in patients with systemic or severe pruritus. For elderly patients, vitamin A and vitamin E can be taken orally. If necessary, sex hormone can be used for treatment. Testosterone propionate is used for male patients, and diethylstilbestrol is used for female patients. Sex hormone therapy, we must master the dose and course of treatment, to avoid obvious systemic sex hormone effect, secondary suppurative infection can be given antibiotic treatment.

matters needing attention

Eating some foods, such as spicy food, tobacco, alcohol, etc. may become the internal factors of systemic pruritus.