Itchy skin on legs may be related to dry eczema, pruritus, ichthyosis and other factors, usually treated by topical moisturizers, medications and other treatments, pay attention to life care.
1. Dry eczema: itchy skin on legs may suffer from dry eczema, related to local irritation, foot skin oil reduction and other factors. Usually avoid excessive cleaning, you can use petroleum jelly oil and other moisturizers to increase the water saturation of the skin, itching is strong when you can use mometasone furoate cream, tacrolimus ointment and other drugs to stop itching.
2. Pruritus: only itchy skin, no primary skin lesions. With dry skin, certain primary diseases and other factors, should avoid contact with triggering or aggravating factors, avoid scratching, scalding, daily attention to skin moisturizing and nourishing, can be used externally with glycerine lotion, lidocaine cream, doxepin ointment to stop the itching treatment.
3. Ichthyosis: itchy skin on the legs may suffer from ichthyosis, mostly caused by heredity, with ichthyosis feet will appear different degrees of ichthyosis-like peeling, accompanied by dryness, itching and other symptoms. You can apply urea ointment, glycerin acetate, etc. to help alleviate the symptoms, pay attention to local hygiene, drink more water, ensure that three meals a day diet light nutrition.
The itchy skin on the legs is particularly serious, you can go to the regular hospital dermatology consultation, follow the doctor’s instructions for medication.