How to treat prickly heat in children?

In the hot summer, many people will get prickly heat, especially children. Although prickly heat is not a serious disease, it can cause a lot of trouble to people due to the unbearable itching. Especially when children get prickly heat, they will be noisy and restless day and night. So how should it be treated? Next, let’s ask an authoritative expert to explain how to treat prickly heat in children.

So, how to get rid of annoying prickly heat? In fact, the solution is right beside you:

After taking a bath, add some salt to half a bucket of water, then use gauze dipped in salt water to pat the area where the prickly heat appears, and finally wash it with warm water. Do this once a day and the prickly heat will heal soon.

Put 10 grams of Sichuan peppercorns into an enamel jar, add 200 ml of boiling water, and cook on low heat for 5 to 6 minutes. After boiling, when it is slightly cooler and no longer hot to the touch, use a cotton swab dipped in the pepper water to gently rub the affected area. After 12 hours, the pus tip of the prickly heat will generally shrink and dry up. To consolidate the therapeutic effect, you can warm the remaining pepper water over low heat and then scrub the affected area again. After this treatment, all the prickly heat will disappear.

If you rub ginger slices on the affected area, the prickly heat will disappear quickly. It can be used by both adults and children.

Purslane: Mash fresh purslane and apply it on the prickly heat. Twice a day, 3 days will be fine. If you have prickly heat or have a condition that causes prickly heat every year, you can boil 100 grams of fresh purslane in about 1500 grams of water. When the water temperature reaches a tolerable level, use it to wash the area or apply hot compress for ten minutes. After several times, it can achieve the desired cure.

Use the watermelon rind to wipe the affected area. Wipe until it turns slightly red. Wipe two or three times a day. The effect will be seen the next day (no more itching), and the skin will be clean and smooth. The famous Chinese pharmaceutical book "Compendium of Materia Medica" also records that watermelon can calm down, quench thirst and remove heat.

Apply raw cucumber juice or cucumber slices to the affected area. It will be healed after two or three times. This method is especially suitable for children.

Bitter melon: It is recommended to eat more bitter foods in summer, and bitter melon is the best choice. Bitter melon can increase appetite, clear away heat and relieve summer heat. Eating more bitter melon can also prevent the occurrence of prickly heat. If you get prickly heat, cut the bitter melon into slices and rub the juiced flesh on the affected area once in the morning and once in the evening.

Peach leaves: Add 50 grams of peach leaves to 500 ml of water, boil it until only half of the water is left, then use the water boiled with the peach leaves to directly apply on the prickly heat.

Fresh mint leaves: Wash and dry the fresh mint leaves (old leaves are better, and more in number), put them into a container, and pour in sanitary alcohol (available at pharmacies). The alcohol should cover the leaves. After one day, the alcohol will turn light green and can be used. The effect is seen the next day after application.

Applying toothpaste can make the rash disappear and make the whole body feel refreshed and comfortable.

It should be noted that to prevent prickly heat, you should pay attention to skin hygiene, take a bath and change clothes frequently. People who are prone to prickly heat should dry themselves after bathing and then apply talcum powder or prickly heat powder. Parents should be careful not to let children play under the scorching sun, avoid overeating, and eat less high-sugar and high-fat foods.

Babies are always very prone to prickly heat. Experts say: There are two main reasons for this. On the one hand, babies have high metabolism, high activity levels, and are prone to sweating. On the other hand, babies have delicate skin, and when the temperature is high and the humidity is high in summer, if parents fail to take good care of them, prickly heat will occur.

In summer, no matter how well parents take care of their babies, they are always prone to prickly heat. Experts say: There are two main reasons for this. On the one hand, babies have high metabolism, high activity levels, and are prone to sweating. On the other hand, babies have delicate skin, and when the temperature is high and the humidity is high in summer, if parents fail to take good care of them, prickly heat will occur.

Dermatologist's advice on preventing prickly heat

1. Keep indoor ventilation and heat dissipation to reduce sweating and facilitate sweat evaporation;

2. Clothes should be loose to facilitate sweat evaporation and sweaty clothes should be replaced in time;

3. Avoid scratching to prevent secondary infection;

4. Always keep your skin clean and dry, wipe sweat with a dry towel or apply powder after taking a bath with warm water.

Simple ways to treat prickly heat

If the baby already has prickly heat, Dr. Qian believes that the area can be treated with a cleansing powder such as prickly heat powder, or a cooling and antipruritic lotion such as 1% peppermint calamine lotion. For prickly heat, a 2% ichthyol calamine lotion is more effective. When the weather is cooler, the rash will heal quickly.

Tips: Folk remedies for preventing and treating prickly heat

1. Wash and slice the watermelon rind and cook it in soup or make dishes. Long-term consumption has a good effect on preventing prickly heat.

2. Boil mung beans, red beans and black beans into soup, which is called "three-bean soup" in traditional Chinese medicine. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, strengthening the spleen and removing dampness;

3. Mugwort leaves. Rinse the dust off the leaves, add a large amount of water and boil for half an hour. Use the boiled water to bathe your children. It can not only prevent and treat prickly heat, but also prevent the occurrence of other summer skin diseases.

The above are the relevant articles about infant prickly heat. I hope that after reading the above articles, you can have a comprehensive understanding of how to treat infant prickly heat, so that when the child has this disease, it can be treated in time.