Dry and itchy skin may be caused by physiological factors such as dry climate and aging, or it may be due to pathologic factors such as dry eczema or certain systemic diseases. It can be treated by applying medication or treating the original disease according to different situations.
1. Physiological factors:
(1) Dry climate: if in a state of colder weather, it will cause a decrease in sebum secretion, resulting in dry skin. You can choose to apply vitamin E milk, urea ointment and other emollients to keep the skin moisturized.
(2) Growing older: the sebaceous glands of older people secrete less as they grow older, resulting in insufficient lipid in the sebaceous membrane on the skin surface, causing dry, itchy skin in old age. You can apply emollients every day, such as cod liver oil ointment and urea vitamin E cream, which can effectively relieve dry and itchy skin.
2. Pathologic factors:
(1) Dry eczema: also known as lack of sebum eczema, often caused by insufficient secretion of sebaceous glands, long-term excessive use of detergents and so on. It is characterized by dry, cracked and flaky skin with intense itching. Patients should first avoid excessive cleaning of the skin, daily external moisturizers, such as urea ointment, etc., if necessary, local topical glucocorticosteroid ointment, while oral antihistamines to stop itching.
(2) systemic diseases: there are other systemic diseases caused by dry skin, itching, such as chronic liver disease, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, etc. can cause dry skin, itching. It is necessary to promptly and actively treat the original disease according to the situation, so as to alleviate the symptoms.
It is recommended that patients with dry skin with itching go to the hospital in time for a clear diagnosis, and not to use medication indiscriminately so as not to aggravate the condition.