Don't worry about buying medicine for athlete's foot. It's not just Hong Kong's feet that have blisters and itching. There is also a skin disease, which is as easy to attack in a hot and humid climate, as difficult to cure, and as itchy, making your teeth itch. It is called "sweat herpes".
Hong Kong's foot is caused by mold infection, which usually grows between fingers. At first, it usually has only one foot attack, and later it won the bid because of cross-infection of both feet. Herpes zoster is an eczema change that occurs symmetrically on the hands or feet. At the time of attack, severe itching may appear on the sides of palms, soles of feet, fingers or toes, and then many small, scattered or clustered blisters appear, while some are deeper, and a small rash similar to that in West Gu Mi appears.
How on earth did sweating come from?
Lin Zhengxian, director of Lin Zhengxian Dermatology Clinic, once introduced on his website that herpes zoster has little to do with "sweating", and the exact cause is not completely clear at present. It is generally believed that it is related to many internal or external factors.
Internal causes include palmar or plantar hyperhidrosis, mental stress, ectopic constitution, smoking, intravenous immunoglobulin, etc. External causes, contact allergens, frequent contact with detergents, wearing gloves for a long time, allergic to metal-containing foods, etc.
Treatment of herpes simplex
The treatment of herpes zoster is mainly to apply steroid ointment. If the situation is serious, the doctor will use antipruritic oral antihistamines or give short-term oral steroid treatment as appropriate.
In addition, people hide in air-conditioned rooms in summer, and their skin itches because it is too dry, and it itches even more after herpes scabs. It is recommended to use cold compress or ice compress. It is important to note that the blisters of herpes zoster should not be crushed as much as possible. Many people think that squeezing out the blister will stop itching, but in fact, after the blister is broken, the original stratum corneum will be destroyed, and the wound will easily cause bacterial infection, which may cause cellulitis in severe cases.
How does Chinese medicine treat herpes simplex?
Some people think that western medicine ointment treats the symptoms rather than the root cause, and herpes zoster is easy to recur, so they turn to Chinese medicine.
The ancient Chinese medicine book "The Complete Book of Choosing Doctors" called herpes simplex "ant nest", which described: "The ant nest has many hands and feet, and it looks like an ant nest, just like the eye of a needle, which itches into the heart and breaks the fat water. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the onset of herpes zoster is influenced by internal constitution and external environmental factors. Like to eat cold, spicy fried food and drink, easy to damage the spleen and stomach function, forming damp heat constitution; Taiwan Province Province has an island climate with hot and humid environment. When the pathogenic factors of damp heat stay on the surface of skin and muscle, it is easy to form herpes zoster, which is also the reason why herpes zoster is easy to attack in summer.
In treatment, drugs such as Poria cocos and Alisma orientalis can be used to clear away heat and promote diuresis in the early stage of the disease; If there is dry itching and desquamation, drugs such as Radix Rehmanniae and Radix Paeoniae Rubra can be used to nourish blood and dispel wind.