What should I do if my body itches after taking a shower in winter?

Itchy body after bathing in winter, the possible causes are dry skin, cholinergic urticaria, etc., which can be treated with the help of topical medications and oral medications. 1. Dry skin: winter is cold and dry, the air humidity is low, and the sebaceous glands of the skin in winter have less oil secretion, coupled with bathing will wash away part of the sebum on the skin surface, so it is easy to dry the skin after bathing in winter, which causes dryness, peeling, itching and other symptoms. Such patients can reduce the frequency of bathing, avoid excessive hot water bathing, bathing after the use of body lotion topical application and other care methods to help improve; for the skin local dryness, itching is more serious patients, you can apply topical vitamin E cream, urea ointment and other drugs to help improve the symptoms. 2. Cholinergic urticaria: some patients will be itchy after bathing in winter, and itchy parts of the skin surface can be seen protruding from the surface of the skin, and such a wind like changes appear faster, fade faster, accompanied by obvious symptoms of itching, this time may be suffering from cholinergic urticaria. This kind of patients can avoid too hot water bath to reduce the accumulation of acetylcholine in the body; and can use glucocorticoid ointment, tacrolimus ointment and other ointments applied locally to help relieve the itching; itching symptoms are serious can also be taken orally loratadine, ibastine, cetirizine, cyproheptadine, and other medications to help treatment. It should be noted that the above treatments need to be carried out under the guidance of a physician to avoid adverse reactions.