What to do if your baby has a heat rash on his head

Heat rash is a common disease in infants and young children whose sweat system is not fully developed and whose body temperature regulation function is immature. It can occur in various parts of the baby. For example, many babies often get heat rash on their heads. After a baby develops heat rash, parents need to provide timely and careful care to relieve the pain caused by itching and make the child have healthy skin. So, what should you do if your baby gets heat rash on his head?

1. Causes

1. The ambient temperature is too high.

The sweat glands of infants have not yet fully developed. When the surrounding temperature is too high, the skin regulates the body temperature through sweat gland secretions, but incomplete regulation function will cause heat rash.

2. Children’s body temperature regulation function is immature

Children's central nervous system regulation function is relatively poor, their body surface area is relatively large, and their skin sweat glands are underdeveloped, so their body temperature regulation function is unstable, and heat production and heat dissipation are prone to imbalance, so their body temperature is prone to fluctuate. The younger the age, the worse the ability to adjust. Especially for newborns, their skin fat is thin, their muscles are underdeveloped, and their motor ability is weak, so their body temperature regulation function is more unstable.

II. Treatment

If your child has a rash that is caused by a high ambient temperature, parents can do the following:

1. Undress your child and see if he or she is really too hot.

2. Give your child a good bath with warm water. There is no need to wipe the water off the child's body completely. The child's skin can be cooled down smoothly by the evaporation process of the water remaining on the skin.

3. Make sure your child wears pure cotton underwear, which is more breathable and easier to absorb sweat. The clothes you give your children must be appropriate. Don't think that the more clothes they wear, the better.

4. Pay attention to the ventilation of the baby's room and the temperature should not be too high.

5. If the child's heat rash does not subside after 12 hours of the above treatment, the child should be taken to the hospital for treatment.

3. Prevention

The most important thing to prevent heat rash is to keep the skin clean, take a bath frequently, and change underwear frequently. You can add an appropriate amount of floral water when taking a bath, which can have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antipruritic effects. After taking a shower, you can apply some prickly heat powder on the prone areas.