What is the best way to treat children's prickly heat?

The weather is hot in the summer, and a little exercise will make you sweat profusely. If the sweat remains on the skin for a long time and is not washed off in time, it will easily cause prickly heat on the body, especially for children with low immunity. Many parents know some ancient recipes, but there are still some people who have never heard of them and don’t know what they are or how to do them. Well, next, let us follow the editor to learn some things about this aspect.

Prickly heat, also known as "heat rash", is caused by excessive and prolonged sweating, which causes blockage of sweat pores. It often occurs in hot and humid summer. It can occur in both adults and children. However, because babies have delicate skin and their sweat glands are not yet fully developed, they are more likely to develop heat rash. In addition to babies, people who sweat too much or are obese often suffer from heat rash.

Most cases of prickly heat are self-limiting and will disappear within one or two weeks. For mild prickly heat, just keep your baby in a well-ventilated environment, keep him cool, use clothes that absorb sweat, or give your baby a warm bath and apply an appropriate amount of prickly heat powder to keep him dry. However, if the prickly heat persists, it is likely to develop into secondary bacterial or fungal infection or eczema, in which case you should seek treatment from a dermatologist. For some overweight babies, prickly heat often develops into "friction rash" in the areas where wrinkles rub against each other, such as the neck, armpits, inner thighs, etc. The lesions are often red, and may become scaly, moist, and even erosive and cracked.

How to avoid prickly heat or rashes? Please see mothers' methods of preventing prickly heat:

Method 1 for preventing prickly heat: Wash

To prevent prickly heat, you must first keep your baby's skin clean and dry, so be sure to bathe your baby frequently, 2-3 times a day when the weather is hot.

You can add a few drops of baby gold water or floral water, Huoxiang Zhengqi water, Ten Drops of Water, etc. into the bath water, or boil water with purslane to bathe your baby, which can prevent prickly heat.

Method 2 to prevent prickly heat: Apply

To keep the skin dry after taking a bath, you can apply heat-repellent powder, pine pollen, rose powder, etc. to your baby, but not too much, because too much powder can easily clog the pores and be harmful. Also be careful not to let your baby inhale too much powder. Use with caution in babies with allergies.

For areas where prickly heat has already appeared, you can apply some baby gold water or floral water, or ask a doctor to prescribe some medicine for you to apply. Apply erythromycin ointment or chloramphenicol ointment, or garlic, to the area where the small pustules appear. Do not use soap to bathe to avoid irritating the skin.

35%-75% alcohol is also effective for prickly heat.

Method 3 to prevent prickly heat: eating

Give your baby plenty of water, and feed him watermelon, mung bean and lily soup, honeysuckle tea, chrysanthemum tea and other heat-clearing and detoxifying foods. If the situation is more serious, you can use Chinese medicine Huadu Pills.

The above are some methods for treating prickly heat. I believe everyone now has a certain understanding of this. However, during the treatment of the child, be sure to wash the whole body with clean water every day and let the child drink more water. When you get up in the morning and open the window, you should always keep the indoor air circulating. Also pay attention to keeping your child warm. When your child feels itchy or painful, divert his attention and don't let him scratch.