I feel like ants are crawling on my legs

In life, many people often feel that there are ants crawling on their legs. In fact, this is a relatively common skin disease. Patients with this skin disease often feel that their skin is extremely itchy, as if there are small insects crawling on their body. If they scratch it with their hands, the skin will look red and swollen. This disease is called pruritus. So what is the reason for feeling like ants crawling on your legs?

Pruritus is a skin disease without obvious skin lesions. But strictly speaking, it should be regarded as a disease of peripheral nerve dysfunction. The patient will feel itching all over the body, which is chronic and feels like crawling insects, ants or a burning sensation. Emotional impulses, temperature changes, friction of clothing, etc. can all induce itching or make the condition worse. Initially, there is nothing unusual on the skin. However, if you scratch for a long time, your skin will turn red, and then the epidermis will peel off, blood scabs will form, the skin will thicken, and the pigmentation will darken. Scratched skin can also become inflamed and fester.

Dry and itchy skin in winter that disappears in spring is called winter pruritus. If you have systemic itching, you should pay attention to check for diseases such as diabetes and hypothyroidism.

People suffering from pruritus should avoid scratching, scalding with hot water or washing with soap. They should avoid emotional excitement and eating irritating foods. If you suffer from unbearable itching all over your body, you can take anti-allergic drugs such as phenagren or cyproheptadine. Applying camphor tincture, camphor cream, and camphor powder externally also has certain therapeutic effects. For people suffering from other systemic diseases, pruritus can sometimes be cured without medication after active treatment. Skin diseases without obvious skin damage are pruritus. But strictly speaking, it should be regarded as a disease of peripheral nerve dysfunction. The patient will feel itching all over the body, which is chronic and feels like crawling insects, ants or a burning sensation. Emotional impulses, temperature changes, friction of clothing, etc. can all induce itching or make the condition worse. Initially, there is nothing unusual on the skin. However, if you scratch for a long time, your skin will turn red, and then the epidermis will peel off, blood scabs will form, the skin will thicken, and the pigmentation will darken. Scratched skin can also become inflamed and fester.

Dry and itchy skin in winter that disappears in spring is called winter pruritus. If you have systemic itching, you should pay attention to check for diseases such as diabetes and hypothyroidism.

People suffering from pruritus should avoid scratching, scalding with hot water or washing with soap. They should avoid emotional excitement and eating irritating foods. If you suffer from unbearable itching all over your body, you can take anti-allergic drugs such as phenagren or cyproheptadine. Applying camphor tincture, camphor cream, and camphor powder externally also has certain therapeutic effects. People with other systemic diseases can sometimes recover from pruritus without medication after active treatment.