What to do if the outer skin of your eyes is itchy? 6 things to pay attention to

Itching of the outer skin of the eyes may be caused by eye allergies, especially when there is no discomfort on other skin on the face. It can be basically determined that it is caused by contact dermatitis or skin disease of the eye skin. Since the eye skin is thinner and closer to the eyeball, the treatment should be more gentle to avoid eye damage.

1. Causes of itchy eye skin

1. Contact dermatitis or eczema: The patient can often be asked about the history of contact with local medications or certain chemicals, such as penicillin, sulfonamides, atropine, cosmetics, pilocarpine, iodine or mercury preparations, hair dyes, chemical products, etc. Itching of the eyelid skin may be accompanied by congestion, edema, scaling, macules, etc. It is necessary to find the allergenic substance and stop using or contacting it immediately. At the same time, this type of eyelid itching should be treated with medication.

2. Fever herpes: It is the eye manifestation of herpes virus infection and can heal on its own.

3. Ocular dermatitis: chronic inflammation of the outer skin of the eyes.

2. Prevention of itchy eye skin

1. Avoid local skin irritation, such as washing with hot water, excessive scratching, etc.

2. Avoid spicy food, smoking and drinking. Try to eat less or no seafood, beef, mutton and other irritating foods.

3. Do not abuse antipruritic and irritating topical medications, such as iodine, medicated liquor, etc.

4. Try to avoid contact with products containing chemical ingredients as long-term contact with laundry detergent can aggravate symptoms.

3. What to do if the outer skin of the eyes is itchy

1. Neurodermatitis is caused by autonomic nervous system dysfunction, which leads to increased skin sensitivity and is related to external irritants. Therefore, neurodermatitis patients should avoid friction and scratching, otherwise the itching will become worse.

2. Periocular neurodermatitis, its internal root is stress, insomnia, stomach problems, etc., among which stomach problems are the most important. Of course, some people have no symptoms of stomach problems, but they can be checked in the hospital, or there are changes in the tongue coating; therefore, treatment must take stomach problems into consideration;

3. For eyelid allergy, itching and peeling, do not apply ointments randomly, because general topical ointments contain hormones and are prohibited from being used on the face, otherwise there will be very serious consequences; the author generally recommends using cyproheptadine hydrochloride cream, which is a very common drug and does not contain hormones;

4. For oral medication, you can take Baixuan Xiatare Tablets, which are effective for some people; but for those with serious conditions, it is best to go to the dermatology department of the hospital to get Chinese medicine;

5. For patients with serious illness or obvious gastric symptoms, some medicine for treating gastric disease must be prescribed at the same time, such as Guipi Pills, etc.

6. The general treatment time for allergies is one week; while the treatment time for neurodermatitis is generally required to be more than 20 days, because human nerve regulation is generally based on a 20-day cycle; if it is shorter than this, the symptoms can be alleviated, but it is easy to relapse;