Itching of the skin of the body - causes, treatment

Itching all over the body causes a state of discomfort. A person, tormented by an unpleasant sensation, is nervous, does not sleep well, etc. In addition, with itching, changes in the skin are usually visible: redness, peeling, blistering. If the itching does not go away for several hours, then you need to seek medical help, since it can be a symptom of a skin disease, a malfunction of the internal organs or a malfunction of the nervous system.

Causes of itching all over the body

Sometimes the body itches when there is no change from the skin. The condition, when there is an itching of the body without an eruption, can arise for a number of reasons. Let's mention the main ones:

• endocrine disorders, mainly of thyroid disease and progressive diabetes mellitus;
• chronic renal failure, accompanied by fever, pain in the lumbar region, problems with urination;
• liver disease, in the first place, jaundice;
• blood diseases (iron deficiency anemia, true polycythemia, etc.);
• neurosis and other diseases of the nervous system, as well as mental disorders.

Intensive itching over the body without rashes often becomes a problem for people who have overcome the 70-year-old line. Explicit reasons for this condition are absent, the so-called "senile" itching is associated with age-related physiological changes in the body.

Attention! Pregnant women can also suffer from skin itching. The reason for this phenomenon is hormonal changes, namely, an increase in the blood level of estrogen.

Much more often itching is noted along with redness of the skin, flaking and rash on the body. This can be caused by a number of factors, among them:

• fungal infections;
• dermatological diseases (eczema, psoriasis, etc.);
• parasitic diseases (scabies, demodex , pediculosis);
• an allergic reaction (urticaria);
• insect bites.

As a rule, with these conditions, itching develops only on the skin areas affected by the inflammatory process.

How to get rid of itchy skin of the body?

Treatment of itching of the skin of the body is associated with the elimination of the cause that caused it, namely:

1. If the internal organs, metabolic and hormonal failures are disrupted, systematic treatment of the disease is required according to medical recommendations and under the supervision of a doctor.
2. Parasitic diseases, skin infections and dermatological ailments require specific therapy prescribed by a specialist.
3. With skin allergies, antihistamines are used (Suprastin, Tavegil, Zirtek, etc.), and, according to the doctor's prescription, ointments based on glucocorticosteroids.
4. To normalize the state of the nervous system, sedatives are used (tinctures of valerian root and motherwort, Novo-Passit, etc.).

In the treatment of pruritus of the skin of the body, along with the main therapy, folk remedies can be used. Excellent skin irritation and reduce the itching of the bath with decoctions:

• chamomile;
• nettle;
• celandine;
• succession;
• barley;
• needles.

The best-proven starch baths (0.5 kg potato starch dilute in water).

Baths with herbal decoctions with skin itch should be taken every day for 12 to 15 minutes. The procedure is repeated until a stable result is obtained.

If the skin itches, as a local anesthetic, alcoholic lotions with menthol or camphor can be used.

To eliminate itching, drinking herbal decoctions is used. For example, an effective remedy for removing the itch is dill broth (1 teaspoon of grass is brewed in a glass of boiling water).