Frequent washing, showering, or bathing (bath time maximum 20 minutes/in chronic pruritus: full bath maximum 5 minutes; bathe in cool or lukewarm water rather than hot)Note: After water contact, dab skin.
Climate / room temperature (see also under “Avoiding environmental pollution”).
Use greasy washing syndets or spreading shower and bath oils (eg kerosene soybean oil bath).
Mild pH neutral skin cleansers use (avoid alcohol-containing cleaning agents!).
Immediately after showering or bathing apply moisturizer to retain moisture from showering or bathing in the skin.
Use moisturizing preparations.
Clothing
Cotton instead of wool clothing
Avoid tight-fitting clothing (e.g. leggings)
Wear light clothing
Do not wear synthetic clothing
Avoid scratching in case of itching
Cut nails short
Wear cotton gloves at night
When itching rub the spots and do not scratch them
Checking the food, especially food additives, for allergenic or pseudoallergenic effect (see under pseudoallergy).
Review of permanent medication due topossible effect on the existing diseaseNote: Also drugs and their ingredients (eg hydroxyethyl starch, HES) can release, among other things, the messenger substance histamine, which triggers the itching.
Avoidance of psychosocial stress:
Psychosomatic stress
Stress
Avoidance of environmental stress:
Irritants (chemicals, solvents)
Air conditioning (dry air)
Overheated rooms (maximum 21 ° C)
Dry room climate → use air humidifiers
Sun (frequent sunbathing) → sunscreen!
Winter (cold) – cold-dry climates; dry heating air (→ reduction of sebaceous gland secretion); in addition, the following recommendations:
Air space humidifier
Wear gloves from < 10 °C outdoor temperature
Regular checkups
Regular medical checkups
Nutritional medicine
Nutritional counseling based on nutritional analysis
Nutritional recommendations according to a mixed diet taking into account the disease at hand. This means, among other things:
Daily total of 5 servings of fresh vegetables and fruits (≥ 400 g; 3 servings of vegetables and 2 servings of fruits).
Once or twice a week fresh sea fish, i.e. fatty marine fish (omega-3 fatty acids) such as salmon, herring, mackerel.
Observance of the following special dietary recommendations:
Sufficient fluid intake (1.5-2.0 l/day).
Avoid hot or spicy food (eg, chili).
Diet rich in the omega-6 fatty acid gamma-linolenic acid (GLA). GLA-rich foods are fats and oils such as evening primrose, black currant seed and borage seed oil.
Selection of appropriate foods based on the nutritional analysis
See also under “Therapy with micronutrients (vital substances)” – if necessary, taking a suitable dietary supplement.
Purgation: Purgation (from Latin purgare “to cleanse”) is the emptying of the intestines in the sense of a “purgative therapy“.This is to contribute to the rehabilitation of the intestinal flora. Excretory procedures are treatment methods of complementary medicine, which are presumably intended to detoxify the bodily fluids. The terms humoral therapy (from Latin humores “juices”) or Aschner procedure (after the physician Bernhard Aschner, 1883-1960) are also used as synonyms. Notice.
In case of dysbiosis (disturbance of the intestinal flora), therapy with probiotics (microbiological therapy; symbiosis control; food supplements with probiotic cultures) is indicated.
