What to do if your whole body is dry and flaky

Dry and flaky skin all over the body needs to be treated according to its causes, and the common causes are physiological factors (such as environmental dryness, etc.) and pathologic factors (such as psoriasis, eczema, fungal infections, etc.), and the symptoms can be improved through general treatment or drug treatment. 1. Physiological factors: the fall and winter seasons are dry, if you don’t pay attention to skin moisturizing, it will cause the phenomenon of dry and flaky skin all over the body, which belongs to the physiological phenomenon, so patients can pay attention to the skin moisturizing care, replenish water and use body lotion appropriately. 2. Pathological factors: (1) psoriasis: psoriasis can show the whole body dry and flaky, the treatment can follow the doctor’s instructions for local topical tazarotene cream, carbotenoids ointment and other drugs for treatment, and oral medication is also needed when necessary. (2) eczema: eczema has a complex etiology and can cause dry flaky skin all over the body. Treatment can be external moisturizing agent, follow the doctor’s instructions to use dinexidine cream, fusidic acid cream and other external use, when the condition is serious, also need to take oral medication. (3) Fungal infections: Fungal infections can cause dry and flaky skin all over the body, which may be accompanied by itching. The treatment can follow the doctor’s advice to use terbinafine cream, ketoconazole ointment; if the lesion area is large and the condition is serious, you can take oral antifungal drug treatment. Dry flakes all over the body for different reasons, the treatment is also different, the above drugs need to be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions, it is recommended that the patient consult a doctor in a timely manner to clarify the diagnosis, follow the doctor’s instructions to take the standardized treatment, do not abuse the drug, so as not to lead to adverse consequences.