Neurodermatitis, or lichen simplex chronicus, is a skin disorder in which the skin becomes irritated, causing chronic itching and uncontrollable scratching. More women than men have neurodermatitis, and it tends to affect people between 20 and 50 years of age. The involved areas of skin are otherwise normal and healthy – the problem is not the skin but the itching. The cycle of itching and scratching causes the skin to thicken and become scaly. The challenge in treating neurodermatitis is to break this cycle. Cream-based prescription medications and over-the-counter anti-itch remedies can be helpful in easing neurodermatitis symptoms.

Once you have stopped scratching the affected area, the skin returns to a normal appearance, although this could take some time, depending on the severity of your neurodermatitis. The itching and scratching of neurodermatitis can lead to skin damage and secondary bacterial infections, which rarely can spread to deeper tissues. Seek prompt medical care if you have signs of infection such as pus; fever; warmth, redness or swelling; or enlargement of lymph nodes.

Neurodermatitis, traditional Chinese medicine is called "the dense tinea", thought to be due to hot and humid poison attack and be caused by. Clinical go up common one is limited type neurodermatitis, good hair at the neck, elbow, tibial before, such as di ministry body vulnerable to the place of friction, dermatitis have one or a few piece; 2 it is spread type neurodermatitis, multiple limbs, neck and torso and other parts, often with a symmetric distribution. Due to endure dermatitis itching, patients often scratching the skin become hyperplasia hypertrophy like leather, local skin appear sample size of irregular needle triangle or polygonal flat pimples, gradually become moss tinea kind change, dry and hard, and her lesions and surrounding normal skin bright line between. Such as scratching excessive bleeding, easy cause secondary infection. The treatment of the disease moxibustion therapy, curative effect is good. Continue to read TCM Treatment Evaluation for Neurodermatitis.