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One, What causes allergies to medical tape? Medical tape is a commonly used medical consumable, many trauma will use medical tape to fix gauze or plaster, but some friends can not use medical tape because of allergies, so why will be allergic to medical tape?

One, What causes allergies to medical tape?

Medical tape is a commonly used medical consumable, many trauma will use medical tape to fix gauze or plaster, but some friends can not use medical tape because of allergies, so why will be allergic to medical tape?

The skin is a sensitive part of the body and can be easily stimulated by the external environment to cause a variety of discomfort. In the process of using medical tape, because the tape is not breathable, plus the tape contains a special chemical composition, for people with a sensitive body, when the skin is in contact with these chemicals, it will produce a kind of stimulation of the skin, thus triggering an allergic reaction.

In addition, for non-sensitive people, a long time to put the medical tape on the skin, may also lead to local skin sweat and medical tape contact, resulting in some sticky substances and cause adverse skin stimulation, resulting in a rash, itching and other similar allergic phenomena.

Second, how to deal with medical tape allergy

During the use of medical tape, skin allergies and other uncomfortable symptoms, it is recommended that you immediately stop using medical tape, and under the guidance of a doctor to take reasonable measures

1、If the allergy is mild, you can use glyburide or a mild hormone ointment to improve the symptoms of skin allergy.

2、If the allergy is severe, you can take some anti-allergy drugs such as Keratan and Xylazine under the guidance of a doctor, and at the same time, you can use some injectable or oral hormones as appropriate. However, for severe skin allergies, especially acute dermatitis, remember not to use medicated ointments without permission, but to apply cold wet compresses and wait for the rash and redness to fade before using medicated ointments. If there is pus, anti-infective medication can be used. When itching is unbearable, cold wet compresses can help reduce swelling and relieve itching, or a small amount of anti-itch topical application.

3. In addition, the sensitive part of the skin should be handled carefully. Hot compresses may worsen the allergic skin condition and cause the redness and swelling to persist. Also, when using hormonal ointments, do not apply them on the face as they can cause epidermal shrinkage, pigmentation and other irreversible damage to the facial skin.

4, another point to note is that the skin allergy phenomenon, diet should also be controlled, to be light, do not greasy, seafood, beef, mango and other food as little as possible or do not eat.

Three, how to prevent medical tape allergy

1, away from allergens, usually pay attention to avoid contact with medical tape, if necessary, use special anti-allergy medical tape.

2, medical tape on the body. Do not leave it on your body for too long, and replace it with new tape regularly.