How should skin pruritus be treated during pregnancy? Due to the increase of hormones, the skin itching of pregnant women mostly occurs after the middle and late stage of pregnancy, and the degree of itching varies. In light cases, the skin is only slightly itchy, in severe cases, the itching is unbearable, restless, unable to sleep at night, unbearable pain, and some even scratch the skin to stop itching temporarily. As a result, the whole body is scratched and prone to skin suppurative infection. Dermatologists should be invited to make correct diagnosis and treatment in time in order to spend the whole pregnancy comfortably.
Pruritus during pregnancy -- symptoms
Symptoms: itching
The fingers of both hands itch, and then the whole body itches, focusing on the back and neck. I gradually feel that my belly is itchy. I feel tingling when I scratch. When I come back from dinner, I find that my belly and back are red, congestive and faded. From below xiphoid process to above bilateral anterior superior iliac spine, so is relative back. No obvious rash, just redness. And the local skin temperature is high. The temperature is not high. It's still red at night, and my hands are red and swollen. I feel tight when I move.
Symptom relief methods
1、 Mental tension and emotional excitement will aggravate itching, so pregnant women should first reduce the mental burden and avoid irritability and anxiety.
2、 Avoid scratching and itching. Because after continuous scratching, the skin often turns red and scratches appear, causing the epidermis to fall off and blood scabs appear. Over time, it will lead to skin thickening and pigment deepening, then aggravate pruritus, and even cause suppurative infection.
3、 Change underwear frequently.
4、 When bathing, do not scrub hard with hot water or alkaline soap, because this will aggravate itching.
5、 Prevent the stimulation of food factors, such as eating less spicy foods such as pepper, ginger and raw garlic. Seafood intake should be appropriate, because seafood can aggravate skin itching.
6、 Wear pure cotton clothes to avoid friction between chemical fiber fabric and skin.
7、 Medication. Pregnant women need to take medicine under the guidance of doctors. For local itching, menthol, camphor cream, Camphor Tincture and camphor powder can be applied externally. If necessary, hormone ointment with small side effects can be selected for a short time, such as alonson. Systemic pruritus can take sedatives or desensitizers appropriately for a short time, such as oral chlorpheniramine tablets, 3 times a day, 4 mg each time; Shule anding tablets, 2-3 times a day, 1 mg each time, can take orally B vitamins and vitamin C at the same time. In addition, calcium gluconate can also be administered orally or intravenously.
After reading the above, we should have some understanding of how to deal with skin itching during pregnancy. More topics about skin itching during pregnancy will be introduced in the next article. Welcome to check. Wish you a happy life!