How to deal with allergic eczema during pregnancy

If you develop allergic eczema during pregnancy, don't panic too much. You should also be careful not to take medicines indiscriminately. These will not show any signs of improvement in your condition. Not only that, it may also affect the healthy development of the fetus in your belly. Also, don't scratch it with your hands. This is a vicious cycle that will make your condition last longer and more difficult to cure.

1. Avoid scratching. Scratching can cause the skin to be constantly exposed to mechanical stimulation, causing it to become thicker and even cause infection. Scratching also has a reinforcing effect. The more the patient scratches, the more itchy it becomes, and the more itchy it becomes, the more he scratches, forming a vicious cycle and prolonging the course of the disease.

2. Avoid washing with hot water. In the acute stage of dermatitis and eczema, due to the expansion of capillaries in the skin, there will be varying degrees of skin redness, swelling, papules, and blisters. Washing or soaking with hot water will increase the redness and swelling, increase the amount of exudate, and worsen the condition. Therefore, patients with dermatitis and eczema should take a warm shower and avoid soaking in hot water or rubbing hard.

3. Avoid washing with soap, especially alkaline soap, which is a chemical irritant to the skin and can aggravate dermatitis and eczema. If you need to use soap to remove stains, it is best to choose boric acid soap which is less irritating.

4. Avoid irritating foods. Irritating foods such as peppers, alcohol, strong tea, coffee, etc. can easily aggravate eczema or cause it to relapse, so they should be avoided.

5. Avoid blind medication. Dermatitis and eczema have a long course and are prone to recurrence.

6. Maintain good personal hygiene and take a bath regularly. The water temperature should not be too high, 30 to 40 degrees Celsius is appropriate.

Allergic eczema: This type of eczema is mainly caused by allergic constitution. Before the onset of this type of eczema, there is an eczema lesion or other skin disease somewhere on the body. The skin lesions are generalized and symmetrical eczematous.

Eczematous dermatitis contagious: This type of eczema can spread to other parts of the skin, causing a larger infection. This disease often occurs secondary to bacterial suppurative skin diseases, such as otitis media, ulcers, fistulas and bedsores. A skin disease caused by secretions discharged from the above-mentioned lesions, which irritates or sensitizes the surrounding skin.

    Coin-shaped eczema : This type of eczema is also called currency eczema. It generally occurs in many parts of the body, often on the back of the hands, extensor sides of the limbs and buttocks, and is often distributed symmetrically. It is more common in winter and autumn.