Skin is a mirror of the body and many health problems can be reflected through the skin. Many skin disease patients in the ideological concept and habits of life there are vague understanding and misunderstanding. Misconception 1: the more often the better bath Many people often patronize bath centers, foot care places, even at home, the daily bath is not a minority. However, clinicians have found that a significant portion of patients who go to the hospital for treatment of eczema dermatitis is caused by improper or excessive bathing. For example, many patients with fungal foot infections, the condition is always recurring, the doctor asked only to know that he washed his feet never dry. Sometimes, hygiene conditions are not satisfactory foot massage places may also become the spread of foot fungus. Some eczema patients, often think that the more often wash the better, in the hot springs or hot water soak in the longer the better, and like to use some of the de-greasing effect of strong chemical detergents. In fact, quite a lot of eczema patients aggravation of the condition is related to excessive bathing, because first of all, the normal human skin surface will secrete a certain amount of sebum every day, these sebum on the emolliency and protection of the skin, if often bathing, will play a destructive role of the skin surface of the sebum, so the result is that, the more frequent the bathing, the drier the skin, the situation in the old people, in the autumn and winter dry seasons This situation in the elderly, in the fall and winter dry season is particularly easy to appear, so must pay attention to. There is also a part of eczema patients, feel very comfortable with hot water bath process, especially feel the itching reduced, so feel, have eczema, should often take a bath, and the water temperature appropriately high some better, do not know that the process of bathing, may feel more comfortable, but after the bath, eczema tends to aggravate the situation, because eczema is originally a kind of inflammatory skin disease, external thermal stimulation tends to Make capillary expansion, invariably, aggravate the inflammatory response of the skin, eczema aggravation, is the logical result, so be sure to pay attention. Myth 2: eczema patients should avoid eating a lot of people are afraid of allergies and avoid eating, in fact, the real food allergies caused by eczema dermatitis is very little. Some people are allergic to once after a lifetime, do not dare to eat that kind of things, in fact, this is not scientific. From the current understanding of the situation, most people avoid eating is not necessary. Generally speaking, the patient’s own experience is very important. Many doctors encourage patients with urticaria or eczema to recall what they have eaten and where they have been recently, such as whether they have been to the building materials market or whether they have pets. Because all of these may become factors of allergy. Nowadays, the allergen tests in China and even internationally are actually just a reference, it can never replace the patient’s experience. Why? For example, there are hundreds of species of fish, and just because you are allergic to this fish does not mean that you are allergic to another kind of fish. At present, there are only 40-odd types of allergens that can be detected. Therefore, the patient’s own observation is quite important. The patient has to judge what food he/she will be allergic to according to his/her usual diet, and make an informed dietary avoidance, instead of blindly following it. In addition to allergies, there are many times with the patient’s constitution has a lot to do, in other words, the so-called taboo is only temporary, after a period of time, with the recovery of the body, the previous allergies, may also be able to slowly return to eat, but all of this should be based on their own actual situation, step by step. Myth 3: Buy your own medicine can cure skin disease Many patients suffering from allergic skin disease treatment is very irregular, the effect is difficult to guarantee. Many people feel itchy skin when they have eczema and other skin diseases, preferred to the drugstore to buy ointment to apply. Many people due to improper use of medication, resulting in skin diseases from light to serious, from local development to the whole body. Here to remind the elderly, especially with high blood pressure, diabetes and other diseases, in the treatment of the skin can be treated with topical drugs as much as possible without oral medication. Because there are quite complex interactions between oral drugs, some drugs may also aggravate the primary disease. In addition, when using glucocorticosteroids and other internal drugs, must follow the advice of specialists, carefully choose to use, and according to the doctor’s instructions to reduce and stop, so as to avoid unnecessary adverse reactions.