In summer, more and more people will go out to camp in their spare time, but some people are caught in the camp and are bitten by mosquitoes, causing skin allergies and unbearable itching.
Some time ago, a dermatologist at Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital received such a female patient.
The girl came back from camping with unbearable itching skin
“Doctor, a lot of lumps popped up all at once, it’s so itchy that I can’t stand it!” Two days ago, Ding Yang, the chief dermatologist at Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, treated Ms. Wen (pseudonym), who was in her 30s, in the emergency department at night. ), she scratched her thigh from time to time as she recounted the onset of the disease. Ms. Wen is from Hangzhou and likes camping and pitching tents. On that day, she wore short sleeves and shorts to gather with her friends outdoors. Everyone was in the grass, and although they took some protection, some people still felt bitten by some insects from time to time, especially Ms. Wen, who was dressed in short clothes, was more vulnerable to attack. At first, she disapproved and scratched twice, but after a while, she felt more and more itchy spots on her legs, and the itching was unbearable, so she had to go home early. At home, Ms. Wen clearly saw that there were several more bags on her legs. After dinner, the itching was not relieved, but became more serious. She was afraid that it would be difficult to sleep at night, so Ms. Wen hurried to the hospital and went to the emergency room. After understanding the medical history and careful observation, Dr. Ding determined that it was papular urticaria, commonly known as insect bite dermatitis, and then gave symptomatic treatment. According to Dr. Ding Yang, papular urticaria is an allergic reaction of the body caused by mosquito bites. It is not limited to the bite site. Similar bags will also appear in the unbited part of the mosquito, which will become redder and more itchy when scratched. ;Especially at night, after the bag is scratched, the redness and itching are mixed, and blisters may appear in severe cases.
Protect against insect bite dermatitis in summer
According to Tao Xiaohua, director and chief physician of the Department of Dermatology of Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, the weather is getting hotter, and the number of outpatient papular urticaria patients is gradually increasing. reaction. Individual qualities vary in response to insect bites. “Papular urticaria is named after the symptoms. The occurrence of this disease is mostly related to insect bites. The insects inject saliva after biting the skin, causing the patient to develop allergic skin, mainly manifested as red wheals, mostly on the trunk and Extending the limbs, it will soon become large blisters, accompanied by itching. After scratching, it will cause wheal-like swelling and secondary infection of the skin, which will disappear in about a week. For papular urticaria , most of them are drug treatments, including internal and external drugs.” Director Tao Xiaohua suggested that in summer, the exposed parts of the skin increase, especially when entering Huangmeitian, all kinds of small insects are very active, camping or on the grass, the woods more Playing in many places is easy to be bitten by insects, which can cause papular urticaria. Take precautions: when camping or going out, it is best to wear long-sleeved trousers, and you can also properly apply safe mosquito repellent products; such as going to the outer suburbs , When going camping or playing in the mountains, you must tie your collar, cuffs, trousers, etc., and do not walk barefoot in the grass and bushes in sandals, etc., to prevent ticks from biting. If there are abnormal small bags on the skin, do not scratch at will; once you find a tick bite, do not forcefully pull out the tick, so as not to tear the skin and prevent the mouthparts from breaking in the skin, it is best to seek medical attention in time.
Qianjiang Evening News Hourly News Correspondent Song Lisheng Reporter Wu Chaoxiang