Itchy skin and a bumpy patch when scratched

If you are in a place where there are more mosquitoes and insects, after being stung at night, you may get up in the morning and scratch, you may get a bump, at which time you can apply some anthocyanin and flower lotion to relieve the discomfort. But if the skin is itchy, as long as a scratch on a bump, more in line with the symptoms of artificial urticaria. Artificial urticaria, also called skin scratching, is the most common type of physical urticaria. The specific manifestation is a limited edema or streak of wind along the scratch line that appears after scratching or scratching the skin with a blunt instrument, protruding from the skin surface and surrounded by a red halo, lasting up to about 1 hour. Artificial urticaria has a complex etiology, and can be caused by sensitive foods, inhalants such as pollen and dust mites, as well as mechanical stimuli, pathogenic microbial infections, endocrine disorders, and psychological and drug factors. The histological changes of artificial urticaria are not significantly different from those of general urticaria, and the pathogenesis also has common features. The duration of the disease is long and can last for several years, with recurrent attacks. In the clinical treatment of artificial urticaria, western medicine is often preferred to oral antihistamines, such as cetirizine hydrochloride or cyproheptadine, etc., and Chinese herbal formulas, such as the addition of flavored Yu Ping Feng San, can also choose to use topical preparations, the clinical commonly used alum, silica sand, bitter ginseng and other water decoction external wash. As well as acupuncture and cupping therapy has the effect of unblocking the meridians, regulating the qi and blood, and harmonizing the yin and yang of the internal organs, which has a good auxiliary effect on the treatment of artificial urticaria. The combination of Chinese and Western medicine can often achieve better results, not only to improve the recent clinical symptoms, but also to delay and control the recurrence of urticaria.