Medical tape leads to itchy, red and swollen skin, mainly considered contact dermatitis caused by the need to take general treatment, topical drug therapy, systemic drug therapy.
1. General treatment: you need to tear off the medical tape in time to avoid further allergies, and avoid scratching with your hands, resulting in broken skin infection.
2. Topical medication: If the itching is serious and the skin has not been broken, you can apply local glycerine lotion to help relieve the itching. If the allergy symptoms are more serious, glucocorticoid creams such as hydrocortisone cream and Dinaid cream can be applied locally.
3. Systemic drug therapy: some patients simply local medication, the effect is not obvious, can be oral antihistamine drug therapy, such as cetirizine hydrochloride, loratadine.
The medical tape caused by itching and swelling of the skin patients should actively seek medical advice, comply with the doctor’s instructions standardized treatment. All of the above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor, not at will.