Yam leads to itchy hands first need to use water to rinse the hands to relieve the symptoms, if necessary, you can use topical or oral medication, such as glycerine lotion, dexamethasone cream, loratadine, cetirizine and so on.
1. Wash your hands: yams cause itchy hands because of contact with yams in the plant alkali, saponin and other irritating ingredients, resulting in an allergic reaction to the skin, this time you need to wash your hands to reduce the residual allergens, so as to alleviate the symptoms.
2. Topical drugs: itchy hands can be used externally with glycerine lotion coated with local, can also reduce the symptoms, when accompanied by severe swelling, can be used externally with glucocorticoid ointment to achieve anti-inflammatory, antipruritic effect, such as dexamethasone cream, dinexed ointment and so on.
3. Oral medication: When the itchy hands are serious or cannot be relieved by topical medication, oral medication can be used. Commonly used medications include antihistamines and glucocorticosteroids, such as loratadine, cetirizine and prednisone.
All of the above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor. Yam causes itchy hands can basically be relieved after general treatment, if the symptoms are not relieved, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, under the guidance of the doctor for active treatment.