{"id":1158546,"date":"2022-07-25T20:06:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T20:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/25\/tips-to-soothe-itchy-skin\/"},"modified":"2022-07-25T20:06:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T20:06:47","slug":"tips-to-soothe-itchy-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/25\/tips-to-soothe-itchy-skin\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips To Soothe Itchy Skin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>There are many reasons for itchy skin. It could be the result of a skin condition, such as eczema, shingles, hives, or psoriasis, or it could be a sign of a contagious disease, ringworm. Everyone gets an itch once in a while. However, if an itch lasts for more than six weeks, it is considered a chronic itch and is more likely to disrupt your life. Here are some tips to soothe itchy skin.<\/p>\n<p>1. Apply a cold, wet cloth or ice pack to the skin that itches. Do this for about five to 10 minutes or until the itch subsides.<\/p>\n<p>2. Take a bath. This can be very soothing, especially for blisters or oozing skin due to chickenpox or sunburn.<\/p>\n<p>3. Moisturize your skin. Always choose a moisturizer free of additives, fragrances and perfumes.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/258407fd920b49e0b27b33a3831963e9\"\/><\/p>\n<p>4. Apply cooling agents, such as menthol or calamine. You could also place your moisturizer in the refrigerator to help achieve this cooling effect.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: AsieduSamuel_06 (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nItchy<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many reasons for itchy skin. It could be the result of a skin condition, such as eczema, shingles, hives, or psoriasis, or it could be a sign of a contagious disease, ringworm. Everyone gets an itch once in a while. However, if an itch lasts for more than six weeks, it is considered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1158547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[19104,688,21400,805],"class_list":["post-1158546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-stories","tag-itchy","tag-skin","tag-soothe","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1158546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1158546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1158546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1158546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}