What should I do if my child gets prickly heat?

The causes of prickly heat are well known, and they are mainly heat and dirt. It is very common for children to suffer from prickly heat. However, how to treat prickly heat in children is a headache for parents. Although there is a panacea such as prickly heat powder, it is heartbreaking to see children suffering from the itch when they get prickly heat. So how should we prevent children from getting prickly heat?

How to prevent prickly heat? The first is to create a cool environment, and the second is to keep the child's skin surface clean.

With the development of technology, it is no longer difficult to find a cool environment in the summer. The difficulty lies in the traditional concepts of "confinement" and "raising children" which make us dare not use electric fans or turn on air conditioners, thus preventing children from enjoying the coolness of summer. In fact, the electric fan can be directed towards the wall, and the air conditioner can be adjusted to a temperature of 25-28°C (within 5-10°C of the outside temperature). As long as the wind does not blow directly on the child's body, it can be used. If there is no electric fan or air conditioner at home, at least you can ventilate the room or take your child to a cool and ventilated place outside to let the child enjoy a little coolness.

The measures to keep the skin clean are nothing more than bathing the child once or twice a day. At other times, if you see the child sweating, wipe him dry in time to keep the skin surface dry. In order to avoid prickly heat, people often put some cooling and anti-inflammatory medicines or health products such as floral water, ten drops of water, and baby gold water in the baby's bath water; they also often apply talcum powder or prickly heat powder containing mint and borneol on the baby after bathing. As long as they are not used excessively, these should be considered as "good remedies for preventing prickly heat".

In summer, you should also pay attention to giving your children more cool boiled water, light fruit juice, vegetable soup, etc. to replenish the water lost due to sweating; wash and change children's underwear such as quilts, pillowcases, etc. frequently to prevent infection.

PS: Once the prickly heat is scratched, it may cause secondary infection and lead to prickly heat poisoning, and even symptoms such as general discomfort and fever. At this time, you should go to the hospital in time and use medication under the guidance of a doctor, instead of handling it at will.

It can be seen from this that in order to prevent children from getting prickly heat, parents have to pay more than just careful attention and hard work. I believe that by following the above prevention steps, the little ones will be able to spend the entire hot summer cool and cool!