Heat rash can be treated by general treatment, topical medication and oral medication.
1. General treatment: prickly heat is a self-limiting disease, generally do not need special treatment, you can reduce the temperature of the environment, use cold towels to ice the local, can relieve itching, stinging and other uncomfortable symptoms.
2. Topical medication: If the symptoms are serious, you can use topical cooling itch relievers, such as prickly heat powder, peppermint tincture, etc.; severe itching, you can use topical glucocorticosteroid treatment, such as hydrocortisone cream, tretinoin cream, etc.; if there is a secondary infection, you can use topical antibiotics, such as erythromycin cream, mupirocin ointment.
3. Oral medication: If the itching symptoms are difficult to control, oral antihistamine treatment, such as loratadine, chlorpheniramine, etc.; serious secondary infection of skin lesions, oral antibiotic treatment, such as amoxicillin, levofloxacin, etc..
It is recommended that patients pay attention to the use of drugs in the treatment, to be used under the guidance of a professional physician, not blindly self-medication.