Can penicillin cure prickly heat?

Prickly heat is a very common disease in life, especially in infants and young children. Once prickly heat appears, it will cause severe itching. Family members are very worried about their children's illness and hope to use good methods to solve the prickly heat as soon as possible. Penicillin has an immediate effect in treating many diseases. Therefore, many parents want to use penicillin to treat prickly heat. So, can penicillin cure prickly heat? Let’s take a look below.

Prickly heat is mainly caused by repeated sweating of the skin due to humid weather. For this symptom, we should follow the treatment principle of keeping the local area dry and clean and avoiding sweating, so as to achieve the best therapeutic effect. Although penicillin can have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, its effect on treating prickly heat is not very obvious, and its side effects are very large, which can easily have adverse effects on the patient's health. So after discovering this symptom in ourselves, it is best not to use penicillin for treatment. If the patient's symptoms are serious, it is best to go to the hospital for treatment in time to avoid accidents as much as possible.

For symptoms such as prickly heat, we can use calamine lotion to clean the local area, which can not only kill the germs on the skin, but also keep the local area dry and clean, which is very helpful in promoting the recovery of the disease. We must also pay attention to care in life. Do not stay in a hot and humid environment. Open the doors and windows when appropriate to keep ventilation and air permeability to promote the dispersion of moisture and avoid recurrence of the disease. Patients should also adjust their diet and avoid eating spicy and irritating foods. Instead, they should eat more fresh fruits and vegetables to supplement adequate vitamins and speed up the body's metabolism.

In summary, penicillin has limited effect in treating prickly heat and has relatively large side effects, so it is best not to use this drug for treatment. After patients find themselves having this symptom, they should keep their skin dry and clean, avoid repeated sweating, and they can also use calamine lotion to scrub, so that the body can recover as soon as possible.