What should I do if I get red bumps and itchiness on my body in winter?

Some people feel extremely itchy in winter and scratch constantly. They always think they are allergic or have eczema, but in fact it is neurodermatitis. Neurodermatitis is a skin disease that is prone to occur in winter. The weather is dry in winter and many people ignore hydration, so neurodermatitis will occur after the skin becomes dry. Here we will introduce how to treat and prevent neurodermatitis.

The purpose of treatment is mainly to relieve itching and prevent patients from scratching due to itching, which will further aggravate the condition.

1. Systemic treatment

Antihistamines, calcium supplements, etc. can be used to relieve itching symptomatically, supplemented by oral administration of B vitamins; sedatives can be used for severe itching; for widespread rash, procaine intravenous blockade or combined use of tripterygium wilfordii drugs can be used.

2. Local treatment

You can choose to use glucocorticoid ointment, cream or solution for external use. For those with hypertrophy, you can seal the area or use 10% black bean distilled oil ointment for external use. Refractory skin lesions can be treated with local intralesional injection of triamcinolone acetonide injection.

prevention

1. Relax your nervousness

Patients should remain optimistic, avoid excessive emotions, especially pay attention to avoiding emotional tension, anxiety, and excitement, strive to live a regular life, and pay attention to the combination of work and rest.

2. Reduce stimulation

The most important reason why neurodermatitis recurs and fails to heal, and why the skin locally thickens and becomes rough, is scratching caused by severe itching. Therefore, patients should have confidence that the disease can be cured and avoid using methods such as scratching, rubbing, and washing with hot water to relieve the itching. This is an important link in breaking the vicious cycle mentioned above.

In fact, diet can sometimes cause neurodermatitis. For example, when we drink too much, neurodermatitis will occur. Or sometimes we eat spicy food while eating. Spicy food can cause skin allergies and inflammation. Therefore, we should also avoid eating spicy food to irritate the skin in our lives.