What to do if you get prickly heat after childbirth

Women have to stay in confinement after giving birth. During this stage, new mothers spend most of their time lying down to rest, and they exercise very little. If it is a hot summer, it is easy to get prickly heat. Prickly heat in postpartum women is very harmful, for example, it will seriously affect the mood of new mothers. So how to solve the problem of postpartum prickly heat?

What should I do if I get prickly heat after giving birth?

You can apply that prickly heat powder. If the weather is too hot, you should turn on the air conditioner in the room and keep the temperature at around 26 degrees. But you must pay attention to the air vents and avoid direct blowing, as it is easy to cause postpartum disease. Children should not be covered too thickly as it can easily lower their immunity.

Prickly heat, also known as "heat rash" and "red miliaria", is caused by excessive sweating in a hot and humid environment, which leads to poor evaporation of sweat, resulting in blockage and rupture of sweat ducts, and sweat infiltration into surrounding tissues. The main manifestations are small papules and blisters. It is more common in summer and is more common in children with poor sweat regulation function and long-term bedridden patients. Excessive scratching due to itching can lead to secondary infection, resulting in folliculitis, furuncle or abscess.

If you get heat rash during the confinement period, you can give it corresponding treatment while taking a bath, such as using mugwort to boil water for bathing. After washing the mugwort, put it in the pot, add appropriate amount of water and start boiling. Boil it for about half an hour, and you can take a bath after it cools down. It can treat heat rash. If you don’t get heat rash, it can also prevent it. You can also use purslane to boil water for bathing. Add purslane to appropriate amount of water and boil for twenty minutes. Make sure to add enough water. It can effectively eliminate heat rash. You can also use honeysuckle to boil water for bathing. Add appropriate amount of water to honeysuckle and boil for twenty minutes. Pour the water into the bathtub and you can take a bath when the temperature is suitable. It has a good therapeutic effect on heat rash.

If you get heat rash during confinement, you can also use bitter melon. Bitter melon can not only be eaten to clear away heat, but can also be used to treat heat rash. Wash the bitter melon, mash it to take out the juice, and then apply the juice to the areas with heat rash. It has a good therapeutic effect on heat rash. You can also take out some of the bitter melon sacs, put an appropriate amount of borax in it, and when the borax melts and flows out, use the flowing water to apply it to the affected area, which can effectively eliminate heat rash.