What to do if a newborn baby has red spots on his face

We know that since the organs of newborns are not fully developed, their resistance and digestive abilities are relatively poor, and they are prone to various abnormalities. Therefore, we recommend that parents and friends pay attention to protecting the bodies of newborns in daily life. Once a newborn becomes ill, it should be taken seriously and the baby should be taken to the hospital for consultation in time. Below we will introduce what to do if red spots appear on the face of a newborn.

Prickly heat is a common superficial, inflammatory skin disease in summer or hot environments. Because in a hot and humid environment, a large amount of sweat is not easy to evaporate, causing the stratum corneum to be soaked and swollen, and the sweat gland ducts to become narrow or blocked, resulting in sweat retention and sweat infiltration into the surrounding tissues, forming papules, blisters or pustules, which are more common in the folds.

Due to the high temperature and humidity in the environment, sweating is excessive and not easy to evaporate. Sweat soaks the stratum corneum of the epidermis, causing the opening of the sweat gland duct to narrow or become blocked. After sweat is retained in the sweat gland duct, it ruptures due to increased internal pressure. The overflowing sweat penetrates and stimulates the surrounding tissues, causing papules, papulovesicles and small blisters to appear at the sweat pores. Bacterial multiplication and toxin production can aggravate the inflammatory response. Some people believe that the blockage of sweat pores is due to primary staphylococcal infection, while others believe that the occurrence of prickly heat has nothing to do with excessive sweating, but is related to the massive proliferation of micrococci on the skin surface.

1. Local treatment

Apply cooling powder such as prickly heat powder topically, or use cooling and antipruritic lotion such as 1% peppermint calamine lotion, 1% peppermint tincture; for prickly heat, apply 2% ichthyol calamine lotion or coptis powder topically.

2. Systemic therapy

Oral antihistamines are used when itching is severe. Antibiotics are used for purulent rash infection.

In the above article, we introduced something that everyone is very concerned about, that is, the physical health of newborns. We recommend that parents and friends take good care of the bodies of newborns in their daily lives. The above article gives us a detailed introduction on what to do if red spots appear on the face of a newborn.