How to prevent your baby from getting prickly heat in summer?

In the hot summer, many mothers will find that their babies start to have rashes again. In the hot summer, the weather is hot and the environment is humid. The baby's skin is more delicate and has poor barrier function, making it more vulnerable to damage from heat, humidity, mosquitoes, etc. Proper and reasonable care of the baby's skin can reduce the occurrence of skin diseases. At the same time, once a skin disease occurs, skin care can shorten the course of the disease.

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Prevent prickly heat and keep the room temperature cool

In summer, the temperature is high and the humidity is high, so prickly heat becomes the most common summer skin disease for infants and young children. Prickly heat mostly appears on the head, back, chest, buttocks and armpits, where there is a lot of sweating and some parts are covered by clothes. Once the sweat pores are blocked, prickly heat will form.

The most common type of prickly heat is red prickly heat, which mostly manifests as pointed red papules and maculopapules on the skin. Small areas of mild red prickly heat can be treated with calamine lotion or liquid prickly heat powder. However, if a child develops severe red prickly heat or purulent prickly heat, he or she must go to the hospital and use medication under the guidance of a doctor.

How to prevent babies from getting prickly heat? The key to preventing prickly heat is to reduce children's sweating, and it is important to keep the room temperature cool. Secondly, when choosing clothes, choose pure cotton and loose clothes that can absorb sweat and avoid the occurrence of prickly heat. Thirdly, bathing can reduce the irritation of sweat to the skin. In summer, bathing is generally 1 to 2 times a day, and the bathing time is usually 5 to 10 minutes. At the same time, if you want to take your children out to play, try to choose before 10 am or after 5 pm when the outdoor temperature is relatively cool.

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Prevent eczema and take good care of your skin

Many parents often cannot tell whether their children have eczema or prickly heat. Although eczema and prickly heat look similar, their causes and treatment methods are not exactly the same. If you make a mistake, it will make your child suffer more.

Eczema, also known as hereditary allergic dermatitis or atopic dermatitis, is a chronic, recurrent, inflammatory skin disease that often develops in infancy and continues into childhood and adulthood. Children with eczema will initially have redness and rashes, followed by rough, flaky skin. Touching a child's skin feels like touching sandpaper. Heat and humidity can cause eczema to manifest itself.

Baby eczema is a very troubling problem for many mothers. High summer temperatures, sunlight exposure, wearing too warm clothes, bacterial infections, and even the misuse of some skin care products containing chemical additives can all stimulate the baby's eczema to recur or worsen.

Once the baby has eczema, mothers should pay more attention to keeping the baby's skin clean and bathing the baby more often. At the same time, pay attention to moisturizing, and usually let the baby wear less clothes to prevent the baby from sweating and aggravating the eczema. Don't make the room too hot. Use air conditioning or fans to cool down in summer.

Prevent diaper rash, change diapers frequently and keep them dry

Whether or not to use diapers for babies in summer has always been a problem that mothers are struggling with, because summer is the peak season for diaper rash. Allergic reactions such as redness will occur easily in the areas that come into contact with diapers. First, there are small red spots, and then gradually turn into flaky red spots. In severe cases, it can cause ulcers and erosions on the baby's buttocks.

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Diaper rash is common in infants and young children's anus, buttocks, perineum, etc., with scattered maculopapular rashes or herpes. Infrequent changes or unclean washing of baby diapers lead to long-term contact and irritation of the baby's skin; the diapers are hard in texture and cause local friction, which can cause damage to the baby's skin and cause diaper rash.

So, how can we prevent and treat diaper rash? When a baby has diaper rash, the first thing to do is to choose the right diapers and change them frequently to reduce the contact between the buttocks and feces and keep the buttocks as dry as possible. For babies who have skin flushing and erosion around the anus, certain medications should be used to promote the disappearance of perianal skin inflammation and the healing of eroded skin.

Prevent mosquito bites and take precautions both indoors and outdoors

Mosquitoes in summer are not only a nuisance to adults, but also to babies. Babies have loose subcutaneous tissue and rich blood vessels. Once bitten by mosquitoes, their skin will become red and congested and extremely itchy. If not handled properly, bacteria will breed and leave scars.

Insect bite dermatitis is mostly located on exposed parts of the body, such as the head, face, and limbs. It usually manifests as local skin redness, swelling, nodules, and wheal-like rashes, and some even have blisters. For redness, swelling, and itching after mild insect bites, you can apply calamine lotion or Chinese medicine such as Paris polyphylla detoxification tincture. If severe swelling, blisters, and ulcers occur, you must go to the hospital for treatment in time.

How to prevent insect bite dermatitis in summer? If you are indoors, the best mosquito prevention measure is to use mosquito nets, keep screen windows and doors closed, and use children's mosquito coils when necessary. If you are outdoors, parents should take their children out to play as little as possible around flowers and plants, and avoid staying in humid places for a long time, as these are places where mosquitoes are prevalent.

Source: Wulong District Science and Technology Association, Wulong Daily

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