Always feel itchy skin

People always feel abnormalities in their bodies in life. Among them, itchy skin is the most common problem and the most difficult to deal with, because itchy skin does not cause serious consequences to the body in most cases. However, severe itching symptoms can cause great disruption to the rhythm of life. Therefore, if you encounter long-term itching, you should pay attention to it. Let’s take a look at what causes itchy skin all the time.

Internal causes of skin itching:

Causes systemic pruritus

1. Neuropsychiatric disorders, cerebral arteriosclerosis, tuberculosis dorsalis, and neurasthenia can also cause systemic or localized skin itching. In clinical practice, it is common for neurotic patients to have some kind of hallucination, thinking that there are bugs in their skin and feeling itchy, and some develop a habit of scratching.

2. Endocrine disorders. Some women often experience pruritus during pregnancy, which usually disappears after delivery. Menstrual disorders or ovarian diseases often cause vulvar pruritus. Skin itching in the elderly may be related to the decrease in sex hormone levels in the body. Patients with thyroid diseases may also experience pruritus.

3. Visceral diseases: functional or organic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, kidneys and other internal organs. Especially patients with diabetes, uremia, and liver disease often have generalized itching. Patients with certain tumors such as leukemia, lymphosarcoma, Hodgkin's disease, mycosis fungoides and malignant lymphoma may experience skin itching. In addition to the above, infection of lesions, drugs, diet (alcoholism), food allergies, and parasitic or fungal infections can all cause systemic or localized itching.

External causes of skin itching: can cause generalized or localized itching. Changes in temperature often cause itching of the skin. Patients with winter pruritus and summer pruritus are extremely sensitive to climate changes. Too hot bedding, sudden heat or cold may cause attacks of itching. Mechanical friction or stimulation from physical and chemical factors can cause local itching. For example, some people are sensitive to wool, and some people are allergic to soaps with too strong alkaline properties and wearing chemical fiber wool fabrics! When treating skin itching, do not use drugs indiscriminately. It is better to use Chinese herbal products which are safer.