Why are my hands extremely itchy?

Many people experience extremely itchy hands. There are many reasons for this condition, including skin diseases such as urticaria or eczema, or insect bites. When faced with this situation, people need to understand the cause and take effective measures to treat it. The following will explain in detail why hands are extremely itchy.

Analysis suggests it could be a fungal infection or eczema.

Guidance: If it is a fungus, you can apply Dakning ointment. If it is eczema, you can use pine oil ointment or the traditional Chinese medicine Fangfeng Tongsheng Pills for treatment. Drink more water, eat more fruits and vegetables, do not eat spicy food and avoid scratching.

It may also be urticaria, commonly known as wheals or urticaria, which is a common skin disease. It is caused by various factors that cause temporary inflammatory congestion and a large amount of fluid exudation in the skin and mucous membranes, resulting in local edema damage. Red lumps suddenly appear in local or systemic skin. The onset is rapid, the symptoms can also subside quickly, and there is severe itching.

Treatment of urticaria

The treatment of urticaria should focus on three aspects: avoidance, care and treatment.

Avoid: Identify and eliminate the cause of the disease as much as possible. For example, be careful not to inhale pollen, animal dander, feathers, dust, castor powder, avoid contact with allergens, and prohibit or abstain from certain medications or foods that are allergic to the body.

Nursing: Urticaria is relatively stubborn, and you need to do the appropriate nursing work during the attack. Do not scratch, do not irritate the skin, avoid stress, pay more attention to physical exercise. At the same time, you need to pay attention to diet, do not eat spicy food, seafood and other irritating foods, and combine with Chinese medicine conditioning.

Treatment: Traditional treatment uses antihistamines such as astemizole, chlorpheniramine, or zantamine, combined with oral vitamin C. However, this treatment only temporarily controls the condition, which will relapse later. Repeated attacks will eventually lead to a decrease in the body's immunity and increase the patient's pain. Treatment can only be done from the inside. Only by improving the allergic constitution can the disease be cured completely.

Causes of urticaria

1. Medicine. Many are often caused by drugs, such as penicillin, furazolidone, and sulfonamides. Serum, vaccines, etc. can be caused by allergic reactions, and drugs such as morphine, codeine, and atropine can directly cause mast cells to release histamine, etc.

2. Food. Common risk factors include fish, shrimp, crab, eggs, milk, etc. which contain special protein.

3. Infection. Bacterial infections, toxic infections, fungal infections and parasites. Insect bites such as mites, fleas, bed bugs, etc.

4. Inhalants. Various pollens, dust, etc.

5. Physical and chemical factors. It can be caused by physical and mechanical stimuli such as cold, heat, humidity, sunlight, friction and pressure, or by certain chemicals entering the human body.