Prickly heat, also known as corn rash, children with prickly heat can take general treatment, topical drugs, oral medication and other methods of treatment.
1. General treatment: keep the local skin dry and clean, and try to wear loose clothing to reduce local friction, in addition, you can also use fans, air conditioning and other cooling of the surrounding environment, itching is serious, can be wrapped in ice packs towels for cold compresses.
2. Topical medication: children can follow the doctor’s instructions for external use of glycerine lotion and other drugs to reduce discomfort; if the surface of the lesions have pustules, you can use erythromycin, mupirocin cream and other antibiotics. If the inflammation is severe, glucocorticoids such as hydrocortisone can be applied to control the condition.
3. Oral medication: severe itching, oral antihistamines, such as cetirizine, loratadine, etc., if the local bacterial infection, can be combined with the use of sensitive bacteria antibiotics, such as amoxicillin, cefixime and other drugs.
In general, the local skin cooling, drying and other treatments, the symptoms can be gradually relieved, without the need for medication, but the serious condition, you need to follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment, as a way to alleviate the discomfort.