Contents:
- Medical Video: 5 Tips for Healing Eczema FOREVER
- Overcoming eczema before going to bed, so you can feel better
- 1. Keep the temperature cool
- 2. Use sheets that are not hot and comfortable on the skin
- 3. Hold, don't keep scratching
- 4. Apply moisturizer before bed
- 5. Adjust sleep and routine before bed
Medical Video: 5 Tips for Healing Eczema FOREVER
Sleep is everyone's need that is no longer negotiable. Unfortunately, not everyone can enjoy their sleep. This happens when you have eczema, especially if your eczema is quite severe. Instead of sleeping, you might be busy scratching and not sleepy at all. So it's important for you to treat eczema before bedtime arrives.
Overcoming eczema before going to bed, so you can feel better
1. Keep the temperature cool
The condition of your eczema depends on your body temperature. The hotter the body temperature, the more severe the symptoms of eczema. Some people who experience eczema wake up at night because of the heat in the room, then experience the feeling of itching getting worse.
It's best to sleep in a cool room to reduce some symptoms that can appear and make it difficult to sleep. In order not to overheat in the middle of the night, don't be too thick using a jacket and blanket.
2. Use sheets that are not hot and comfortable on the skin
The material on the sheets can also aggravate the symptoms of eczema. If you choose sheets that are rough and not cool, this might make you easy to overheat and itchy.
Also use a dust cover to put on your mattress, pillow or bolster to reduce dust contamination. Mites and dust are the most common triggers of eczema that occur in many people. Covering this bed can reduce the possibility of itching that you feel.
As with sheets, use a blanket made of soft material, not hot, easy to wash, and also easy to dry. Wash blankets regularly clean so you can sleep better with eczema.
3. Hold, don't keep scratching
Many people accidentally scratch and scratch their eczema at night. To reduce it, you should keep the condition of your nails short and flat.
Or if necessary, the safest way to deal with eczema when sleeping is to use soft cotton gloves to cover the nails and reduce the habit of scratching. By using gloves, reflex scratching you during sleep will not easily hurt eczema.
4. Apply moisturizer before bed
If you sleep with dry skin, you will be more easily awakened by the condition of the attacking eczema. So, about 30 minutes to one hour before going to bed you should apply a thick moisturizing cream to the area that has eczema.
Brush one hour before going to bed so that the ointment is well absorbed during sleep. So the ointment does not decrease because it is rubbed on the sheets or pillows and bolsters.
In addition, every time you take a shower or whenever your skin is still moist apply this moisturizer so that the skin is always moist
5. Adjust sleep and routine before bed
The way to deal with eczema is no less important is to regulate sleep time. Go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day to train your body to always fall asleep at the same hour.
Before going to bed, make a consistent routine. For example, bathing, listening to soothing music, reading books. The routine done here is a routine that you think is soothing and pleasant.
Before going to bed also do not eat heavy foods, drink caffeine, or smoke before going to bed. This habit is all related to sleep disorders. If you are getting harder to sleep, the condition of the eczema can get worse so that sleep will be even less sound.
Don't forget to turn off all the cellphone screens, computers and tv before going to bed. Light emitted by electronics can trick your brain into thinking that this is not the time to go to sleep, so you tend to have more sleep at night.
If itching due to your eczema interferes with reduced sleep time, you should consult your dermatologist.
