Today, allergies are one of the most common human diseases. Of course, medicine does not stand still, every day progress goes forward, but at this point, treatment and even the identification of allergic reactions at first remains an open question. As you know, allergic reactions can occur in a person absolutely for unpredictable things: spring flowering grass, certain foods, dust, and sometimes even a medical plaster.
Patch allergy
Of course, this type of allergic reaction is quite rare, however, this product is widely used in medical practice to protect the damaged skin surface from environmental influences, after surgical operations and as a result of household cuts. Any allergy, including an allergy from a patch on the skin, is accompanied by an internal discomfort and painful ailment, so it’s worthwhile to examine this issue in more detail and find out in which cases this type of allergy arises and how to treat irritation.
Is it possible to do without a medical patch today?
Under the existing realities of life, it is extremely difficult to do without a band-aid. The medical patch has been distributed almost universally. It has long ceased to be used only in medicine as a means of dressing wounds or fixing injuries. With its help, pharmaceutical preparations are also introduced into the body in the event that urgent absorption of the drug is necessary. Particularly relevant is the question of what to do with an allergy from the patch, in connection with a large number of smokers who want to get rid of the bad habit, who acquire nicotine patches.
What is a modern medical patch?
In general, the term "patch" is understood to mean a pharmaceutical form made in the form of a plastic mass, which is located on a flat object and softens at body temperature. On the basis of the patch can be directly healing substance or only plastic mass.
Advanced adhesive tapes are made on the basis of a hygroscopic base, simply detach, have waterproof qualities. They exist in the form of rolls or are made fragmentary - the sizes of various packages depend on the use of dosage forms.
Why is there an allergy to the patch?
An allergy to a patch (a photo of its manifestations is in the article), as a rule, is typical for people who have malfunctions of the immune system, as a result of which there is a high probability of acquiring allergic reactions of various types. This process is associated with increased sensitivity of a particular organism to foreign substances. Very often, an allergy to a medical patch occurs in the case of a long interaction of human skin with a viscous surface of an adhesive patch. The product is made from a specific fabric that is impregnated with an adhesive. Therefore, allergic reactions occur in the immediate place of interaction of this substance with the human body.
Sources of allergic reactions
As already mentioned, with the appearance of irritations and allergies in general to a conventional medical patch, an allergen is one of the parts of the adhesive component. In addition to this characteristic, the source of the reaction can be an antiseptic or healing medicines that are on the tape.
As practice shows, very often the source of allergies to the patch is red pepper, which is a strong irritant and the main component in the pepper patch. This type of patch is used to warm the bronchi or larynx. A person applies it to the skin, for this reason, allergic irritation takes on a remarkable appearance even with not prolonged contact with the skin of a person. The main thing in this case is not to take for an everyday irritation in the form of slight redness an allergic reaction to the patch.
Varieties of skin allergic irritations
The type of allergic irritation entirely depends on the signs that accompany the disease and the severity of its manifestation. Particular attention is drawn to a predisposition at the genetic level directly to allergic reactions, the lack of functioning of the body's immune system.
All types of allergic reactions are divided into several categories:
- A mild form of manifestation. With this type of allergic reaction, signs appear insignificantly. At the site of interaction of the skin with an adhesive, slight redness and itching are noted. As a rule, all adverse symptoms disappear without the help of any means after 3-5 days without a course of treatment.
- The average form of manifestation. In this case, redness takes on a larger scale on human skin, in addition to redness, pain is manifested. The process of peeling of the skin is also noted, manifestations of urticaria are possible. This form of an allergic reaction needs the help of medical staff, namely, consulting an allergist and prescribing a special course of treatment.
- Severe manifestation. This type includes the appearance of skin ulcers, which are accompanied by profuse blood secretion and severe pain. Severe burns form at the site of contact of the patch and skin. This form of an allergic reaction is difficult to treat; you should immediately contact a doctor in a medical institution.
Allergic reaction to a patch in a child
Particular caution and vigilance should be applied when allergies to the patch in a small child appear. Due to the reasons, the child cannot endure pain, scratching, therefore, as a rule, he combes the blisters in a matter of hours before the appearance of blood spots. This contributes to the risk due to the fact that an open wound provides suitable conditions for the development of viruses. A patch with a component of pepper is strictly forbidden to use to treat a child.
Patch Allergy Treatment
How to treat an allergy to the patch? With a mild stage of manifestation of an allergic disease, usually the usual prophylactic methods are necessary. If discomfort appears during the gluing of the adhesive patch, you must immediately remove it from the surface of the skin and disinfect the site of the lesion with the substance. If more serious types of irritations are formed, complex treatment is necessary, similar to procedures for the treatment of other types of allergic reactions.
First you need to find out if the allergic reaction really appeared due to the medical patch, whether the skin reaction is a sign of dermatological disease. Foreign flora can seep under the adhesive plaster and begin to develop rapidly. In a vacuum and a warm environment for foreign objects, all conditions suitable for reproduction are created.
Therefore, when skin irritations, papules with watery contents and areas of flaky skin surface appear, it is better to pass a scraping study from an infected area. Foreign flora or exacerbation of dermatitis of different types cannot be cured with antihistamines; other types of drugs are needed.
Treatment of allergic reactions of mild manifestation
Normalizing and curing the initial form of an allergic reaction will not be difficult, and it is possible to do this at home. What needs to be done? The allergy treatment for the patch on the skin is as follows: remove the adhesive patch from the surface of the skin and carefully treat the irritated area with a solution of alcohol, while completely removing the adhesive substance of the patch. In the event that when removing the patch you cannot replace it with a regular dressing and you will still need it, it is better to purchase more expensive versions of this medical product in the pharmacy that will have hypoallergenic characteristics. As mentioned earlier, this type of allergic reaction does not actually require human intervention and is not accompanied by pain. Within a week, the affected area will return to normal.
Treatment of allergic reactions of the middle form of manifestation
Reviews of the allergy to the patch in a mild form indicate that it is not difficult to cure such a malaise, but the situation is completely different with an average and severe degree of damage to the skin. Most medical specialists recommend a complex treatment of an allergic reaction of the middle form according to the following scheme:
- First you need to thoroughly rinse the infected area, while removing the adhesive substance of the patch from the skin.
- Next, an anti-inflammatory agent is applied to the skin in order to prevent re-infection of the skin.
- In most situations, the use of gels and ointments with topical steroids becomes mandatory.
Severe Plaster Allergy Treatment
Once again, we note that a severe form of an allergic reaction is characterized by the appearance on the skin of severe redness, swelling and blood ulcers. In this case, you must first check for re-infection. The course of treatment must be compiled by a doctor. This course is always comprehensive, as a rule, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic drugs and antihistamines are prescribed for oral use.
What are the folk remedies for the treatment of patch allergies?
Folk methods say that it is possible to remove slight redness if you apply lotions from infusion of a string, bay leaf or chamomile to irritated places. In the case when the adhesive base of the adhesive patch is attached to the upper or lower extremities, they are dipped in warm therapeutic baths.
How to prepare this solution? It will take two teaspoons of chamomile or a few leaves of parsley, fill these products with 300 milliliters of boiled water, bring to a boil. After the time has passed, remove the infusion from the fire and keep it closed for about half an hour.
To remove allergic reactions of moderate severity - peeling and a small rash - lotions from steamed branches of fresh dill can. During the course of treatment for allergies, it is better to wash the inflamed skin with tar or baby soap, it will be necessary to refuse liquid and aromatic soaps for a while.
Thus, we can say that in the treatment of any allergy, it is necessary to bandage the skin so that re-infection of the skin does not occur. Allergy after the patch is not a common pathology, it is difficult to anticipate and prevent it. The use of an adhesive plaster in modern conditions is simply necessary, but with increased sensitivity to its components, other means of fixation and healing can be used. Remember that a medical patch is a comfortable device, but not the only one possible.