What to do if your child has prickly heat

Children with prickly heat can be relieved by keeping the local skin cool and dry, and for serious patients, topical and oral medications can also be used. 1. General treatment: keep the environment cool, avoid sweating a lot, and dry the child naturally after bathing. Avoid giving the child too much to wear, can not wear airtight clothing, can give the child local cold compresses, reduce the temperature to relieve the pain and itching. 2. Topical medication: The treatment of prickly heat is generally based on topical medication, which can be applied to prickly heat powder, glycerite lotion and other medications that have the effect of relieving itching. For severe itching, hydrocortisone cream can be applied for relief. 3. Oral medication: If the child’s prickly heat has obvious itching, you need to take oral cetirizine hydrochloride tablets, loratadine tablets, etc. If accompanied by symptoms of infection, you should also take oral antibiotic medication, commonly used drugs such as amoxicillin granules, cefaclor capsules. Once the child prickly heat, should take the child to the regular hospital in time, follow the doctor’s instructions for medication, to avoid blindly use their own medication to lead to adverse consequences.