Every year at the turn of spring and summer, a lot of small herpes will appear on the hands and feet. Do you know what's going on? There are dense small blisters on the hands and feet. After the blisters are dry, they are peeling and itching hard. Some equal ointment for dermatitis is effective. It's intensified in summer and self-healing in winter. They recur every year. This worrisome little goblin is - sweat blister.
Typical symptoms: big blisters, pain and itch.
Sweating herpes, also known as sweating disorder, is often accompanied by hyperhidrosis. It is a skin eczema like reaction, which occurs frequently in the season alternation, especially in early summer.
1. Appearance: it is a small deep-seated blister that occurs symmetrically on the palms of both hands, soles of both feet, sides of palms and fingers, sides of both feet and toes. It can be millet to rice size, containing clear slurry, shiny, and occasionally turbid. The blister is slightly higher than the skin surface, and there is no red halo around.
2. Cycle: the blister usually does not rupture by itself. After 7-10 days, the blister dries up to form desquamation, showing red new epithelium, thin and tender. At this time, it often feels pain. Blisters and desquamation can coexist and occur repeatedly.
3. Feeling: Patients with different degrees of burning and itching, often attack for several years. Sweating herpes affects the beauty of hands and feet. In severe cases, it can cause secondary infection, swelling and pain of hands, affecting the quality of life, and causing great trouble for patients.
How to treat? Prevention first
The treatment of this disease is mainly anti allergy and symptomatic treatment. The treatment of traditional Chinese medicine considers that most of the patients with this disease are mainly due to dampness and heat, and the pathogenic factors of the patients' body dampness and heat are superior or exogenous dampness and heat are the basis. Therefore, in the early stage of traditional Chinese medicine treatment, it is mainly to remove dampness, clear heat and stop sweating, and in the later stage, it is mainly to moisten skin, nourish blood and relieve pain.
1. Avoid scratching. Scratching is often the main cause of disease deterioration and complications, so it is very important to reduce scratching as much as possible;
2. Keep hands and feet dry and clean. Use antiperspirants if necessary to reduce sweating and prevent bacterial and fungal infections. And rub more cream. This can not only reduce the itch, but also avoid the complications of chronic eczema or fungal infection;
3. Reduce exposure to certain substances. Such as water and soap, alkali, washing powder, detergent, gasoline, alcohol, etc;
4. Local steroid ointment: under the condition of severe itching, it is very difficult to reduce the itch by simple maintenance, and topical glucocorticoid ointment is the main treatment method, which can reduce the itch and control the condition, including the cream containing dexamethasone, triamcinolone acetonide, Halometasone, mometasone furoate, hydrocortisone, etc. can be selected according to the condition, and the secondary infected can Use some compound preparations containing antifungal and antibacterial agents. Serious patients need oral medication.
5. Pressure control: to control the mood and keep the mood as comfortable as possible is of great help to ease the illness and reduce the recurrence;
6. Low metal diet: according to statistics, this method is highly effective for patients with metal allergic constitution. In a word, good self-care can reduce the degree and frequency of sweating and herpes, but if the itch is more than can be tolerated or the condition continues to deteriorate, don't forget to see a doctor as soon as possible.
Self maintenance can reduce the frequency and degree of sweating herpes, but if itching is intolerable, external medication is not effective or secondary bacterial and fungal infections, you must go to a Dermatology Hospital as soon as possible!