Why does my face itch when I sweat in summer?

When the season changes to the hot summer, many seasonal diseases will appear, especially some diseases caused by personal factors. Summer sweating and itchy face is a typical disease. Many people do not know what factors caused this disease when they have this disease. So, what is the reason for summer sweating and itchy face?

First, why does your face itch due to sweating in summer? Everyone has experienced it. It is a special feeling on the skin and the most common symptom of skin diseases. Mild itching makes people uncomfortable, while severe itching makes people restless. The feeling of itching is hard to describe, as the saying goes “it can only be felt, not expressed in words”. Zheng Guoming, a Chinese medicine practitioner at Ma Kuang Pharmaceutical Group, said that many people don’t know that some common foods actually have antipruritic effects, such as mung beans, pears, red dates and soybeans. Traditional Chinese medicine attaches great importance to the holistic view of skin diseases, that is, "if the disease occurs inside, it will manifest itself outside." Mung beans are specifically used to treat heat and itching. Since heat itching is caused by fever in the body, and mung beans have the effect of relieving fever, they are suitable for treating heat itching. He pointed out that one only needs to add mung beans to water, soak and cook them until they are slightly rotten, and then drink the mung bean water. In addition, some cool vegetables, such as mint, are very effective for skin itching caused by wind-heat. Mint can be used for external application or soaked in water for drinking. Using some common herbs like cloves, mugwort, sophora flavescens, and centella asiatica for external washing can achieve the effect of relieving itching.

Second, patients should try their best to restrain themselves when they feel itchy, or gently pat the itchy area with their hands to divert their attention. "Stabilizing emotions and maintaining an optimistic and happy mood are also effective in relieving itching. Unstable emotions, tension or anxiety are the basic causes of itching. Itching may be caused by external factors, so personal hygiene should not be ignored. Chinese medicine practitioners also emphasize timely sleep; however, many itching symptoms do not require bed rest. Skin itching is mostly caused by imbalance of qi and blood. The causes of skin itching are external and internal, mostly caused by imbalance of qi and blood. Food can stop common food itching, including eating fish, shrimp, seafood, rooster, carp and beef, which are all foods with "wind-moving" effects. Protein-containing foods may also cause rashes or aggravate the original rash after eating, and erythema, maculopapular rashes, etc. Another type of itching is caused by alcohol, called "wine itch". This may be skin itching that occurs immediately after drinking or the next day. Wine itch may cause flushing or small red papules. Patients should appropriately limit their consumption of seafood, pickled meat, goose, bamboo shoots, peanuts, fermented bean curd and other foods. Itching patients should eat as many vegetables and soy products as possible, and require more low-salt, high-vitamin, light and fresh foods.

Why does your face itch due to sweating in summer? First of all, you should keep your face clean. My face sweats a lot in the summer. Sweating may cause more dirt to stick to your skin. May cause skin irritation. Therefore, you must pay attention to the cleanliness of your skin and you can choose some facial cleansers to wash your face. The next step is to replenish water. If your skin itches after sweating or feels itchy without sweating, it is likely caused by dry facial skin. So you must remember to replenish water and drink more water on a daily basis. Then you need to apply some anti-inflammatory and allergy-treating ointment. Because itchy face in summer may be caused by seasonal allergies. So applying ointment can help you relieve the itching. When choosing ointment, choose one with Chinese herbal formula, which can better protect the skin of your face.