Will there be more and more prickly heat?

Prickly heat is a skin disease that can easily occur in babies, especially in the summer when the weather is dry. The biggest characteristic of prickly heat is that it causes itching and the child will cry constantly. There are many solutions to prickly heat. Some parents who do not have much experience in parenting are very worried that prickly heat will increase in number. So, will prickly heat become more and more common? Let’s take a look below.

Unscientific care of prickly heat will only make it more serious.

1. Can taking a cold shower reduce temperature and relieve itching?

Taking cold showers is a trick that can make prickly heat worse. Prickly heat is caused by sweat not being able to evaporate in time. Giving your baby a cold shower will cause the capillaries in the baby's body to contract, blocking the sweat pores and making it harder for the baby to sweat. This will make prickly heat more likely to get worse.

2. Can shaving your head prevent prickly heat?

Many mothers misunderstand the function of hair and think that hair prevents heat dissipation. In fact, hair itself has the function of helping to dissipate heat and regulate temperature. Shaving your head will weaken this effect. Moreover, the baby's scalp is completely exposed to the sun and can easily get sunburned.

3. Use prickly heat powder to treat prickly heat?

Prickly heat powder can absorb sweat and prevent prickly heat. It can be used when prickly heat occurs. However, if the baby has red prickly heat, or even pus spots and liquid flowing out of the skin, applying prickly heat powder will block the opening of the sweat glands and may cause prickly heat infection and suppuration.

Powder poses risks

1. Easily invade the respiratory tract. The baby's respiratory tract is not yet fully developed and cannot eliminate waste on its own. If a large amount is inhaled, it will lead to a decrease in defense and easily induce respiratory tract infection.

2. The particles of talcum powder are very small and can easily enter the vagina, cervix, etc. of the baby girl through the vulva. It attaches to the surface of the ovaries, stimulates the proliferation of ovarian epithelial cells, and then induces ovarian cancer.

In addition to taking care of your baby's prickly heat, the most important thing is to do daily care to prevent your baby from getting prickly heat.

2What medicine should I take for prickly heat?

Prickly heat is what we commonly call heat rash. This skin disease is more likely to occur in babies, especially when the weather is hot. After discovering prickly heat on their children, many parents let their children take medicine for treatment, and what medicine to take for prickly heat becomes their most concerned issue. In fact, you can try some dietary therapy methods first, which also have good therapeutic effects and can avoid side effects on the child's body.

1. Loofah

It has the effects of cooling blood, detoxifying, clearing away heat and relieving restlessness. Eating it regularly in summer can prevent prickly heat. Wash fresh loofah leaves, mash them to extract the juice, dip a cotton ball in the juice and apply it to the affected area, 3 to 6 times a day. Two days is a course of treatment. It can cure prickly heat.

2. Watermelon

It has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, relieving restlessness and quenching thirst. Eating watermelon can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, and prevent prickly heat. Wash the watermelon rind, peel off the pulp, and apply the rind to the affected area several times a day to eliminate prickly heat.

3. Cucumber

It has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, detoxifying and reducing inflammation. Apply fresh cucumber slices to the affected areas of prickly heat 2 to 3 times a day to relieve pain and itching.

4. Winter melon

It has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst. Mash the winter melon slices and apply them to the affected area to treat prickly heat.

5. Bitter Melon

It has the effects of clearing away summer heat, eliminating heat and detoxifying. Cut the fresh bitter gourd, wash it, and apply the cut surface to the affected area 3 times a day to eliminate pain and itching. It will be more effective if you apply it with green bitter melon slices.

6. Ginger

It has the effects of detoxification, anti-inflammation, removing dampness and promoting blood circulation.