What harm does skin pruritus have

summary

Pruritus is a very common symptom, many people suffer from it, but most people do not know the harm of pruritus and how to treat it. Now let's take a look at the harm of skin itching.

What harm does skin pruritus have

First: affect daily work and life, many people in the dry winter and spring season will appear skin pruritus, generally light day and night heavy, especially when undressing to bed. The patient felt paroxysmal systemic pruritus, such as insect crawling, ant walking or burning sensation. Severe cases can't help scratching during the day, which seriously affects work and life.

Second: Pruritus causes skin damage. Because of pruritus, repeated scratching for a long time can cause scratch, blood scab, chaps, pigmentation on the skin, and even mossy or eczema like changes, resulting in skin thickening, roughness, and even secondary skin infection after scratching.

Third: it may be a sign of disease. Digestive system diseases: common liver and gallbladder diseases, including obstructive jaundice, hemolytic jaundice, etc., due to the increase of bile salt concentration in serum and skin, stimulate nerve endings and cause systemic skin pruritus.

matters needing attention

Although skin pruritus is a very common symptom, but according to the cause of different needs to be different degrees of attention, so it is likely to affect all aspects of daily life, which requires daily hygiene, good prevention of skin pruritus.