With the onset of summer, high temperatures, humidity, mosquito bites …… skin problems abound, people wear less and less clothes, the exposed part of the skin increases, bacteria, fungi, mosquitoes, mites in the environment and other factors such as increased activity and enhanced ultraviolet rays in the sun, the chances of suffering from skin diseases are greatly increased. In summer, the incidence of five types of skin diseases, including photosensitive skin diseases, is higher.
I. Solar dermatitis
Excessive sunlight exposure to the skin, irradiated in the skin exposure, will cause redness, swelling, and even blisters on the back of the hands and face, accompanied by a burning sensation. It is mostly seen in fair-skinned people, light-sensitive muscles, or triggered by the intake of sensitive substances such as certain foods or drugs. Fair-skinned women and young children with delicate skin are more likely to cause damage to their skin. It occurs in exposed areas such as the face, neck and fingers of both hands. There is a clear relationship with sun exposure, which can be reduced by itself in autumn and winter.
Prevention and treatment Avoid exposure to the hot sun and choose the morning or evening activities as much as possible; when going out in the sun, hold an umbrella, wear a wide-brimmed hat, and apply sunscreen lotion. Also pay attention to avoid photosensitive substances and direct sunlight. Chloroquine, vitamins B and C, niacinamide, and antihistamines can be taken for treatment.
Ringworm skin disease
A warm and humid environment is most conducive to the reproduction of bacteria and microorganisms, and ringworm diseases are caused by fungal infections.
Prevention and treatment The main thing is to keep the skin clean by bathing and changing clothes regularly to avoid sweat stains. Seek medical attention promptly when fungal infections are found, and use ringworm ointment to rub the area or take oral antifungal medication.
Acne
When the temperature rises, human body oil and sweat secretion is strong, easy to block the pores. Dormant “pimples” in the role of these factors are active again. Acne is regional, mostly on the face, chest and back. The performance of blackheads, whiteheads, inflammatory pimples, pustules, cysts, nodules, put very, atrophy and other performance from light to heavy, appear in the face, heavy to the back chest. Mainly due to youth development, the skin is oily, the face has microorganisms, more common such as rod-shaped bacillus, genetic these four reasons for the occurrence of the plant.
Prevention and treatment Oral and external use, systemic medication at the same time. Young men and women should often wash their faces with sulfur-containing soap and warm water, do not apply cosmetics with more oil on the face, do not use your hands to squeeze, eat less fat, sugar, chili peppers, onions and garlic and other foods, drink less alcohol, eat more vegetables and fruits to prevent and control acne to maintain regular rest and rest and a light diet, good facial cleanliness.
Four, scrotal eczema
Clinical studies have found that nine out of ten patients with scrotal eczema (commonly known as hydrangea wind) are grumpy. Patients should seek medical attention and try to choose cotton loose underwear and change them regularly, while maintaining a relaxed and happy mood as much as possible.
Five, urticaria and papular urticaria
Urticaria is also a high incidence of summer skin disease. House dust mites are the cause of 60% of hives, and this microorganism is usually found on towels, bedding, mats, curtains and other textiles. Next, summer pollen, insects and fungi are also important factors.
The key to prevention and treatment is to keep fabrics dry and clean, mats and other summer bedding are often washed and dried, and patients with pollen allergies can wear light and breathable masks.
Papular urticaria due to mosquito bites is due to the beak of the mosquito stabbed into the skin, in the sting can appear edematous erythema, papular rash or wind, in the center of the damage there is a pinhead large dark red petechiae, pressure rash can not completely fade, in the pain around the pale circle is its characteristics. The rash resolves on its own in 2 to 3 days. The degree of rash reaction varies from person to person, some people can be asymptomatic after the bite, some have only mild itching and slight pain, but for some allergic people there can be significant redness and swelling, or even large petechiae, accompanied by intense itching and burning pain.
Prevention and treatment
1.Prevention
Take comprehensive control measures to eliminate mosquitoes, and strive to exterminate early, exterminate small, exterminate the.
(1) First of all, do a good job of environmental health, remove stagnant water and sewage to eliminate mosquitoes and insects of the place of birth. More mosquitoes can be used to catch or sticky mosquitoes in the area of the net dance. Raise fish in the river and put ducks to swallow tsetse.
(2) to protect the mosquito-eating animals in nature, such as frogs, wickerfish, bats and some birds.
(3) indoor can be sprayed with 5% DDT or 0.5% Dichlorvos or Kessling, Fenthion, Trichlorfon, hexachlorobenzene and other mosquito killers, or light mosquito incense to disperse mosquitoes. Conditional installation of screen doors and windows, hanging mosquito nets to prevent mosquito bites.
(4) skin coated with mosquito repellent, mosquito repellent oil, etc. to prevent mosquito bites.
2.Treatment
Local application of a variety of anti-itch agents such as 1% phenol or peppermint glyburide lotion, can also be applied camphorol application. Pruritic obvious or rash serious people can use antihistamines as appropriate. In addition, avoid scratching to prevent secondary bacterial infection.
Impetigo
The above skin diseases are sometimes inevitable, busy work, life pressure and other aspects of things are interfering with their own, many details can not be all the way, which is why you get skin diseases! But skin disease will not be treated in a timely manner will lead to more serious skin disease, bringing greater pain, greater worry, so should have a skin disease should be treated as early as possible, early detection and early treatment to avoid the seriousness of skin disease, to avoid the evolution of difficult to treat, can not cure the skin disease, if then, regret is useless.
The choice of drugs for the treatment of skin diseases is also key, should be used under the guidance of dermatologists, avoid long-term use of hormone-containing drugs, hormonal drugs have a very obvious characteristic: the effect is very obvious, stop the drug on relapse. Long-term use of hormonal drugs will produce hormone dependence and produce more stubborn skin diseases such as hormonal dermatitis.
Daily care precautions.
①Whether it is an infectious or non-infectious skin disease, as long as the skin has itchy or inflammatory lesions, you should generally be cautious with seafood (fish, shrimp, crab, etc.), eggs (eggs, duck eggs, etc.), legumes (fava beans, peas, etc.) and stimulating foods (vinegar, coffee, black tea, chili peppers). This is quite beneficial to improve the symptoms.
② Other protein foods should not be used more when the symptoms are severe.
③Salt is recommended for a light diet when the inflammation is severe because it can retain sodium in water, thus increasing itching sensation and inflammation.
④Diet is closely related to the prevention and treatment of skin diseases, therefore, dietary adjustments should be paid attention to along with medication.