What should I use on my baby's prickly heat?

In the hot summer, babies sweat a lot due to exercise. If parents do not deal with it in time, it will easily cause babies to get prickly heat. Although prickly heat will not affect the baby's health, it will make the skin itchy, and the baby may scratch it with his hands, which can easily cause infection. So, what should I use when my baby has prickly heat? Let’s find out through the following content!

Prickly heat is the most common acute skin inflammation in summer. It is caused by blocked sweat pores and often occurs in the neck, chest, back, elbows, dimples and other parts of the body. In children, it can occur in the head, forehead and other parts of the body. At the beginning, the skin becomes red, and then needle-sized red papules or papule scars appear, densely packed in patches, some of which are purulent. After having a ulcer, there will be severe itching, pain, and sometimes paroxysmal burning pain.

The formation of prickly heat is due to the high temperature and humidity in summer, which causes the body to sweat too much and is not easy to evaporate. The sweat soaks into the stratum corneum of the epidermis, causing the openings of the sweat gland ducts to be blocked. After the sweat is stored in the sweat gland ducts, they rupture due to increased internal pressure. The sweat seeps into the surrounding tissues and causes irritation, causing bumps and papules at the sweat pores, resulting in prickly heat.

Treatment: Do not scratch with your hands and do not bathe with strong alkaline soaps. Do not use hot water. Instead, rinse with warm water, wipe dry, and apply some anti-itch powder. Patients who develop infection after scratching should apply antibiotic ointment externally. Prevention: Pay attention to skin cleanliness, take a bath frequently, keep the skin dry, and apply some itching powder after bathing to prevent the occurrence of itching.

Through the introduction above, I believe you already know what to use when your baby has prickly heat! In the hot summer, parents should not let their babies stay in the sun for a long time and take sun protection measures for their babies. When the baby sweats, you should change the baby's clothes in time, bathe the baby, and often apply prickly heat powder to the baby to prevent the baby from getting prickly heat.