What to do if you are allergic to adhesive tape and feel itchy? Beware of contact dermatitis

Many people are allergic to medical tapes, which is a common symptom of contact dermatitis. Generally, you need to find the cause, do not scratch it with your hands, avoid using overheated water to irritate the skin, and pay attention to your diet, avoid spicy and irritating foods, and you can also use Chinese medicine to regulate your body.

1. General treatment

(1) First, the cause of the disease should be investigated, further exposure should be avoided, the irritant should be removed, and the patient should be informed to avoid future exposure to the disease.

(2) Avoid scratching, rubbing, washing with hot or soapy water, and other additional stimulation. Avoid spicy and irritating foods, clean the stomach and intestines, keep bowel movements smooth, and avoid excessive mental stress.

(3) Drug therapy: Desensitization and antipruritic measures are the mainstays. For mild cases, oral or injected antihistamines can be used. For cases with large skin lesions and significant inflammation, 10% calcium gluconate or 10% sodium thiosulfate can be injected intravenously. For patients with severe generalized disease, short-term use of corticosteroids can be used, such as oral prednisone 20-30 mg/d or intramuscular injection of betamethasone/betamethasone dipropionate (Diprosone), or intravenous infusion of hydrocortisone or dexamethasone. Antibiotics can be used as appropriate for those who are infected.

(4) External therapy: The basic principles are the same as those for acute eczema. According to the condition of skin lesions, choose appropriate dosage forms and drugs, with anti-inflammatory, astringent and symptomatic relief as the principles. Irritating or allergenic drugs are prohibited. In the acute stage, if there is obvious redness, swelling, inflammation, exudation and erosion, you can use compound copper sulfate solution (Daribos solution) or 3% boric acid solution for wet compresses. For mild cases, you can use corticosteroid emulsions or astringent and anti-inflammatory ointments for external use. If chronic inflammation has formed, low-concentration keratinizers can be used as appropriate, such as 3% black bean distillate oil or bran distillate oil paste, corticosteroids, etc., which can be made into ointments or emulsions for external use.

2. Traditional Chinese Medicine

Treatment principles: clearing heat, cooling blood and detoxifying. The internal prescription is Longdan Xiegan Decoction with modifications. Remove Bupleurum and Angelica and add Imperata root, Taraxacum herb, and Isatis indigotica leaf. For dry stool, add Rhubarb. For excessive dampness, add Alisma orientalis, Poria cocos, and Artemisia capillaris. For fever, add Gypsum. Those with mild symptoms can take Longdan Xiegan Pills.

3. Diet and health care

1. Hawthorn and diced pork: Fry 10 grams of safflower and remove the residue, add 250 grams of lean pork and stir-fry, then add seasoning and 30 grams of hawthorn and stir-fry until cooked. Serve with meals and eat as desired. Function: promoting blood circulation, dispersing blood stasis, nourishing yin and moistening dryness. It is mainly used to treat contact dermatitis of blood stasis and obstruction type.

2. Purslane drink: Add appropriate amount of water to 250 grams of fresh purslane and boil twice, filter the juice and mix it, add appropriate amount of brown sugar for seasoning. Take warm medicine once in the morning and evening, 1 dose per day. Function: dispel wind and dampness. It is mainly used to treat wind-heat type contact dermatitis (Note: pregnant women should not take it). .

3. Lily Soup: 15g each of lily, polygonatum, radix trichosanthis, 10g of adenophora, and 9g of hawthorn, add appropriate amount of water and boil to extract juice. 1 dose/day, drink as tea. Function: nourishing yin, clearing away heat, cooling blood and detoxifying. It is mainly used to treat contact dermatitis of Yin deficiency and blood heat type.