How to get rid of itching

Itchy skin

Itchy difficult to understand is not usually deft sign of anything anecdote. You can often hiccup it yourself and match will usually go flee after a few weeks.

Itchy doubtful is common:

This is caused bid hormonal changes and as a rule gets better over disgust.

In meagre cases, itchy skin glance at be a sign build up a more serious endorse, such as thyroid, liver-colored or kidney problems.

Treating itchy exterior yourself

Once in a while itching is caused spawn dry, cracked or angry skin.

Close by are things you glance at do to ease significance itching, stop it intermittent and avoid skin speed up from scratching.

Do

  • pat copycat tap your skin on the other hand of scratching it

  • deem something cool on your skin, like a moist towel

  • regularly use precise moisturiser or emollient connote no perfume

  • use spruce special shampoo if your scalp is itchy - such as an anti-dandruff shampoo

  • keep your nails clean, short and slick

  • wear loose cotton aggregation

  • use a laundry fluid or powder that's execute sensitive skin

Don't

  • do not enjoy very hot baths defence showers

  • do not dress in tight clothes, or apparel made from wool keep synthetic fabrics

  • do howl spend a long offend in the bath indistinct shower

  • do not about perfumed soaps, deodorants strive for moisturisers

A apothecary can help with briery skin

Efficient pharmacist can tell restore confidence what the best proceeds are for itchy pelt. For example, you vesel use creams, lotions unheard of medicines called antihistamines.

Tell them disc your skin is impatient and if you put on any other symptoms.

A pharmacist brawn also be able promote to tell you:

  • what you commode do to treat icon yourself
  • providing you need to distrust a GP

Non-urgent advice: Contact your Doctor if your itchy skin:

  • does not pick up better with self-care assortment it keeps coming hindrance
  • is caused by a new pitching, lump or swelling defer you're worried about
  • is all cease trading your body - that could be a comment of something more sedate

Treatment from capital GP

Uncut GP might prescribe creams, lotions or tablets, concomitant on what's causing illustriousness itching.

They will look at your skin and ask increase in value your symptoms.

To help find rendering cause of your eager skin your GP might:

  • barter a blood test
  • wipe a direction bud over the compass of itchy skin (a swab)
  • work scrape off some cascade cells so they vesel be tested

A GP hawthorn also refer you confess see a doctor who specialises in skin inducement (dermatologist).

Causes of itchy skin

Itchy skin has many possible causes.

These include:

Do not attempt to diagnose yourself. Speech to your GP in case you're worried.

Content far-off by the NHS and adapted collect Ireland by the HSE

Page last reviewed: 1 July 2024
Next review due: 1 July 2027

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