What Could Cause Body Mark Or Scratch In The Morning

There is a general believe when people wake up in the morning with body scratches. To many, it is their village people at work. This spiritual believe in supernatural is not only tied to Nigerians. Most people fromon foreign countries believe in tales of that nature. For some atheist, they use the word aliens.

Waking up in the morning with body scratch is one of the most complicated conditions that has moved many to believe in the superpower. It is just like the topic of sleep paralysis. So many spiritual explanation for it in the internet.

Scientist has tried to explain some. But people still find it difficult to believe the theories. Is that same with you? For once, let us look at the different situation that can be attributed to body scratch.
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Body Scratch Causes

There are a number of causes. The possiblity of each depends on so many factors. But before you finish reading this post, you will have an idea how those marks come about.

The marks appear at different location in the body with different characteristics. Some are like razor cut but not deep. Others appear with three straight lines. Few others appear blunt and cross the body. No matter the type, there may be a reason.

Body Scratch

Fingers Nails

Many people know this as the culprit. This is very common in Nigeria. The reason is simple. Many people live in mosquito infested building. When sleeping, they may feel the bite of a mosquito. Unconsciously, they strike the area they think the mosquito is biting them. They end up using their fingers nails to do the work. The fingers nails imprint lines on the body depending on how long and the pressure applied.

Some skin conditions also causes the skin to itch at night. This result in the person constantly scratching to ease the itch. A good example is eczema. Because they are unconscious, they may use their nails with too much pressure. They end up with scratches they can't explain in the morning.

But body scratches from fingernails appear on body parts such as face, stomach, chest, hands and legs. It is almost impossible to get the hands to the back at night.

Roommate

Some people complain of body scratch even when they have trimmed their finger nails. What then is the cause. Some have roommate that sleep on the same bed with them. They could have done that to them using their fingernails unconsciously during their own sleep.

Pets

Mind you, pets such as cats with claws are not left out. Some come over their owners at night. They end up inflicting those lines on their owner's body mistakingly.

Pest

So many pest crawl out at night. Some know when you are sleeping. They go everywhere looking for food to eat. In some worst scenarios, they can even climb those sleeping on the floor in other to cross to where they can get food. Some may bite the person if they feel threaten or when the person wants to turn.. In so doing, they leave body scratches on the person with their claws or bite.

Rats are very good at that. This happens to people who handles fish or meat. When they forget to wash their hands after preparing fish or meat, they send nice smelling aroma to rats. The rats follow the direction of the smell. They don't care if it is a human being as long as they get across to their food. They are all out to satisfy their taste. They start looking for the source of the smell. If it is in the hand, they climb the person and start to sniff the hands the meat or fish is smelling from. In that process, they inflict those marks on the body.

Skin Disease

Some skin disease are know to creat marks in the body. Some of these marks may look like scratches. They are;
1. Scabies

Scabies is cause by a small creature that walk under the skin. At the end, it creates scratches that increases as time goes on. At first, the person may wake up thinking about the devil. This is because they are active at night and the lines very obvious in the morning.
2. Dermatographia

This skin condition causes scratch like lines in the body. The marks disappear 30 minutes later.
3. Flagellate Arythema

This skin condition is similar to dermatographia but is itchy. It is caused by chemotherapy or eating certain foods like shiitake mushrooms.

Allergy

Some allergy conditions cause the skin to break. Some of the cause of these allergies include penicillin, infection, etc. A good example of allergic reaction is skin rash called hives. Hive is a raised bump or spots. A cluster of hive could be mistaken for a body scratch.

Bed

The bed could be another culprit. Frequent turning while sleeping can cause the skin to be trap between the bed. The skin can suffer a small cut that may look like scratch or even worst that that.

Sleep Walking

This does not happen all the time. But do you know that so many at times, you go out to ease yourself without knowing? It is called sleep walking. Some people have sleep walk leaving their house into nearby bush. And those small grass has a way of cutting the skin without stress.
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Injury

• Some people get those cuts in the day time from their normal work. However, because they are painless they may not take note of it. And some may be hidden under their clothes. They may notice the marks when they wake up in the morning and think it happened in the morning. This is very common with farmers.

Prevention

Wear soft cotton gloves to prevent your fingers nails from cutting you. Trim your nails to avoid them pushing out of the gloves. Keep your house clean to avoid pest. If you have a roommate or a pet and having those body scratch marks, sleep alone for some time if still in doubt. Treat skin conditions and follow guidelines on how to reduce their effect such as itching. And avoid any allergy.

An advice that seems not possible is to wear clothes to bed. The heat may not allow that. But if you want to see what exactly is happening to you at night, video yourself throughout the night. You may be surprised how many times you hit yourself when asleep.

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