What to do if the skin on hands and feet becomes itchy after aging

Once the elderly have itchy skin on their hands and feet, they often feel very uncomfortable. And the itching is often more obvious at night when sleeping. Once the itching becomes severe, it will have a great destructive effect on the sleep quality of the elderly. If the symptoms of itching recur again and again, then it is pruritus. What should elderly people do if their hands and feet have itchy skin?

Senile pruritus can be treated with hormones. For male patients, testosterone propionate (mg/kg intramuscular injection) can be used for 1-2 times a week or methyltestosterone (mg/kg/day). Female patients after surgery can take diethylstilbestrol (mg/kg/month). Sex hormones should be avoided or used with caution in patients with reproductive system tumors or liver and kidney dysfunction.

For systemic pruritus, 100% calcium gluconate or 100% sodium thiosulfate can be injected intravenously. Vitamin C can also be injected intravenously or dripped.

For patients with severe itching that affects sleep, sedatives and hypnotics can be used. They can be selected appropriately according to the condition.

Traditional Chinese medicine has no treatment for people. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that acute pruritus is mostly caused by rheumatic fever, so the treatment principle is to clear away heat and wind. Jingfang Qingre Decoction is used to treat it. Chronic pruritus is too difficult for patients to treat. In addition to some patients who are caused by rheumatic fever, most of them are caused by blood deficiency and wind or blood stasis and qi stagnation. Therefore, nourishing blood and removing wind or nourishing blood and removing wind and promoting blood circulation and removing stasis are used for treatment. Yong'an Zhiyang Fang Itching Rash Fang or Xuezao Fang is used to treat scrotal pruritus and vulva pruritus. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is mostly caused by liver and gallbladder damp-heat. Longdan Xiegan Decoction is used for better results on Monday.

The purpose of topical drug treatment is to relieve or alleviate itching. Common topical drugs often contain antipruritic drugs such as carbonate, menthol, thymol, and coal tar solution. According to the condition of the disease, lotions and creams are prepared. Commonly used ones include calamine lotion or phenol calamine lotion (calamine lotion plus % thymol or % menthol). Corticosteroid ointments or creams can also be used. Patients with vulvar pruritus or anal pruritus should avoid using irritating drugs.

(1) Avoid using scratching, rubbing, and hot water to relieve itching; avoid smoking, drinking, strong tea, and spicy foods; if skin itching is a symptom of certain diseases, the primary disease should be treated as the main focus.

(2) Oral antihistamines, calcium supplements, vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin B complex; sex hormone treatment, male patients use 25 mg of testosterone propionate, intramuscular injection, twice a week, or take 5 mg of methyltestosterone, twice a day. ,once

To sum up, once the elderly have itchy skin on their hands and feet, further active treatment is often needed. This is once the patient is a woman, she can take 0.5 mg of diethylstilbestrol, twice a day. It is recommended not to eat spicy or irritating foods during the period of pruritus. Otherwise it will be very harmful.