How should prurigo be treated?

It is very easy to get allergies in this season. The weather is very dry, the wind outside is strong, and the pollen and catkins are flying, which can cause different degrees of problems for our skin. Many people are prone to prurigo in this season. Pruritus is not a serious disease. It is caused by mild inflammation and bacterial infection. It is not ruled out that it is related to overly sensitive skin. In order to prevent prurigo from becoming a chronic disease, you can usually use medication to treat it first, and then you have to see the recovery effect in a short time.

What are the treatments for prurigo?

Pruritus is a general term for a group of acute or chronic inflammatory skin diseases. A pruritic skin disease that often occurs on the extensor side of the limbs. Skin lesions are mostly isolated prurigo papules or nodules, which leave pigmentation after healing and cause severe itching at the local lesions. The course of the disease is chronic, sometimes lasting months or even years. Prurigo has different names and no consistent classification system. Due to different clinical manifestations, this book divides prurigo into various types, including infantile prurigo, common prurigo, nodular prurigo, prurigo of pregnancy and summer prurigo. Common treatments for this disease include:

(1) Traditional Chinese medicine treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment is one of the methods for treating prurigo. Common prurigo and summer prurigo can be treated with Chinese medicine that clears heat and removes wind, such as Jingfang Qingre Decoction and Liangxue Qingfeng Decoction. It should be noted that the selection and use of Chinese medicine must be carried out under the guidance of a doctor and must not be used recklessly.

(2) Hormone therapy. Hormone therapy is also one of the treatments for prurigo. For patients with severe prurigo symptoms, small doses of corticosteroids can be given to temporarily relieve symptoms, but the condition is prone to relapse when the medication is stopped.

( 3) Antihistamine drug treatment. Treatments for prurigo also include antihistamines, such as chlorpheniramine, cypermethrin, vitamin C, etc., which have a certain effect on relieving itching.

(4) External medication. Pruritus can also be treated with topical medications, such as phenol calamine lotion or corticosteroid ointments or creams.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

1. Treatment based on syndrome differentiation:

1. Rheumatism: Treat by removing wind, dampness and heat, and use Xiaofengsan with modifications;

2. Blood dryness syndrome: Treat by nourishing blood and moistening dryness, with modifications to Siwu Xiaofeng San.

2. Chinese patent medicine:

1. Take 5 tablets of Dilong tablets or Wushe tablets orally, twice a day;

2. Take 10 grams of Wushe Zhiyao Pills orally, 3 times a day.

3. External treatment:

1. Medicinal bath therapy: Whole body medicinal bath is feasible, such as Sophora flavescens, Cnidium monnieri, Senecio grandiflora, Dictamni bark, Radix Rehmanniae, Phellodendron chinense, Alum decoction or bran bath;

2. For external application: 10% tincture of 100-bu tincture, 5% sulfur lotion, 1% borneol tincture, 10% cnidium monnieri tincture or sweep-away ointment.

4. Other treatments:

Autohemotherapy, acupuncture, auricular acupuncture and acupoint injection.

Avoid wearing woolen and rough clothes to reduce the chance of direct skin irritation. When buying clothes, it is best to choose cotton and fine-textured clothes, and it is also appropriate to wear loose clothes.