What causes peeling feet?

Everyone wants their skin to be smooth and firm, but many people in life have peeling feet. Now is summer and it is the season for women to wear all kinds of sandals. If peeling feet occur, it is very troublesome. So what is the reason for peeling feet? How to deal with peeling feet? Let's take a look at the introduction in this article.

Peeling feet is a common phenomenon in life, but some patients' conditions are more serious. As for what causes peeling feet, Chinese and Western medicine have given different answers. At the same time, we also recommend some treatment and conditioning methods.

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Peeling of the feet is related to liver heat, blood heat, damp heat, and lack of multiple vitamins. It is recommended to take 21 Jinweita, Xiaoshierkang, etc. Or you can consult a Chinese medicine doctor and use Chinese medicine for treatment. You should also avoid spicy and irritating foods, greasy food, drinking, seafood, fishy and unhealthy food, and irritating foods. Keep your bowels open and your mood good.

Western medicine

The seasonal peeling of feet that people often talk about is called dyshidrotic eczema in Western medicine and is one of the common skin diseases. This disease is more common in hot weather. The initial symptoms are rice-sized blisters buried under the epidermis on the palms or soles of the feet, which are hemispherical and slightly higher than the skin surface. The blisters then dry up, break, and peel off. As the area of ​​peeling gradually expands, pale pink tender flesh is exposed. Some patients will feel pain, some patients will have itching symptoms, but some patients have no obvious discomfort symptoms, just peeling.

What is the reason for peeling feet? Western medicine points out that there are many causes of peeling feet. Some are due to excessive mental stress and irregular lifestyle, such as students are prone to peeling during exams; some are due to contact with adverse stimuli, such as cosmetics, hair care products, facial alkali, detergents, laundry detergents, chemical reagents, etc. The plush toys that children often play with can also cause irritation to the skin and stimulate the disease; some are due to sweating and poor sweating; and some are due to a family history.

Here are some recommended methods to treat and regulate peeling feet:

1. During the blister stage, the main treatment methods should be astringency and antipruritic. You can apply the Chinese medicine Fu Kang Jie ointment externally, or you can soak in 10% alum solution.

2. Use medication to protect the newly grown epidermis except during the peeling stage. You can apply Fu Kang Jie ointment externally.

3. For patients with dry skin, thickened keratin and small cracks, they can apply the moisturizing and crack-preventing "Fu Kang Mei Ointment" externally. In addition, be careful not to tear off the stratum corneum that has not been completely peeled off, so as not to cause pain or bleeding.

4. For patients with more serious or recurrent symptoms, Liuwei Dihuang Pills or Liuwei Dihuang Decoction can be taken with modifications.

After reading the introduction in this article, you should know why your feet peel, and you should also know what to do when your feet peel. In general, to get rid of peeling feet, you must be careful to avoid contact with sources of infection. At the same time, in daily life, you must also pay attention to your diet and pay attention to supplementing vitamins.