What happens if urticaria is scratched

Urticaria is a common skin disease. It is contagious and can cause redness, swelling, and itching on the skin. Therefore, we should treat urticaria in a timely manner. When urticaria occurs, you should not scratch your skin with your hands, and you should pay attention to skin hygiene. Once the urticaria is scratched with your hands, it will aggravate the condition and increase the growth of bacteria, so timely treatment is required.

The disease of urticaria is generally accompanied by intense itching, and peeling is very likely to occur during scratching. If the broken skin area is relatively large, it is recommended to use iodine solution for disinfection as soon as possible to prevent bacterial infection due to scratching by nails, and eventually form ulcers. In severe cases, some pus-forming granulomas may appear. After treatment, it can be combined with oral antihistamines and antibiotics for joint treatment, which can treat urticaria and prevent bacterial infection.

Urticaria is a common skin disease. Urticaria is generally not easily contagious, but it is easy for patients to experience itchy skin symptoms, so it is important to find the right treatment method. Do not scratch with your hands. Why is this?

1. Prone to skin infection

Due to the constant itching stimulation, the first reaction of urticaria patients is to scratch with their hands. If the itching becomes more severe, they will reflexively scratch harder. As a result, ulcers will appear in the itchy areas, and hands that have not been sterilized are full of various bacteria. These bacteria will enter the subcutaneous tissue through the broken skin, causing infection and aggravating the condition of urticaria patients.

2. It can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause

Scratching actually only provides temporary relief from itching, which means it only treats the symptoms but not the root cause. Many people scratch their skin hard unconsciously, and by the time they discover scars have appeared on the affected areas, it is too late to regret.

3. Scratching makes the patient's symptoms worse

For patients with urticaria, the skin becomes the most sensitive tissue structure due to stimulation by allergens. Scratching with your hands may temporarily relieve the itchy feeling of the skin, but it is also an excessive stimulation to the skin. As this stimulation continues to intensify, a large number of "wheals" will appear reflexively, aggravating the patient's symptoms.

Why can't you scratch urticaria? Although urticaria patients are troubled by itching, they must never scratch the affected area with their hands. Destroying the subcutaneous tissue structure and leaving scars will be a lifelong regret. You can use some external application methods to relieve itching, or you can take some anti-allergic drugs appropriately to ensure the integrity of the subcutaneous tissue.