Skin aging is generally divided into natural aging caused by genetic and force majeure factors and exogenous aging caused by environmental factors. With the onset of winter, the climate is cold and dry, especially in the northern part of the country where there is a large difference between outdoor and indoor temperatures, the skin of the elderly is relatively sensitive and prone to dryness and flaking, itching and blistering, etc. Which problems can be treated lightly? Which problems can be treated lightly? Which problems need attention? Let’s talk about several skin diseases that occur frequently in winter in the middle-aged and elderly. The first one: the tangled dragon – shingles The professional name of the tangled dragon is herpes zoster, a disease caused by the herpes zoster virus, usually appear in the immune system of the elderly, but also easy to stress, poor resistance of young people. Herpes zoster can be very painful because it is a nerve-invasive skin disease caused by the virus, so the pain is intense and unbearable. We may have heard of the saying “a full circle of herpes zoster will kill you” before, but scientifically speaking, this saying is very untrue. The herpes zoster virus itself does not cause death, but only in rare cases where the immune system is low and the immune system is tormented by the herpes symptoms into a vicious circle, which leads to death from other diseases. This pain is concentrated on one side of the body and has obvious blood blisters, or large blisters, etc. Fever is visible at the onset and tends to worsen at night. Second: Frostbite Because middle-aged and elderly people have poor blood circulation, slow metabolism, and are often accompanied by other chronic diseases, they are prone to frostbite during the cold winter season. Frostbite can be red, swollen, painful, and itchy, and over time can form ulcers. Once frostbite is formed, it is easy to induce it every year, so it is important for middle-aged and elderly people to keep warm during the winter, especially in exposed areas, and when exposed for a long time, they must rub more and move around to increase body temperature and promote blood circulation. If you accidentally get frostbite, remember not to use high temperature to quickly improve local blood circulation, you can use about 40 degrees warm water to slowly relieve it. Third: Wart – HPV infection A wart is a manifestation of a skin wart, a wart-like skin disease caused by HPV virus infection. We all know that the main way to get infected with HPV virus is through sex. So many middle-aged and older people wonder, “Why would I get infected? I didn’t have any impure behavior!” In fact, sexual transmission is the main way of HPV transmission, but not the only way. As winter approaches with cold temperatures, middle-aged and elderly people are more likely to feel the chill invade their bodies, so they especially love to use saunas and hot springs to find external sources of temperature, and these public places are also ways to get infected with the virus. There is also the case that when you are young and infected with HPV virus, there is no reaction due to high immunity, and when you get older and your immunity decreases the virus becomes relatively strong and changes the cells more easily. This is why some patients themselves may find that the wart was always this big when they were young and how it grows bigger even as they get older. Simple wart and skin warts do not require much worry and can be removed with simple physical therapy. Only women need to pay attention to check if their cervix is also infected with HPV. Viral infections in the cervical area can easily lead to cervical cancer, especially in older women who have gone through the process of childbirth, IUDs, ring removal and so on, plus the fact that their immunity has decreased with age and the state of local areas such as the cervix is starting to be not very good, so the chances of self-clearance are not very good, so compared to the viral infections in young people, they need to Therefore, compared to young people, viral infections need to be given high priority.