In order to resist the hot weather, people’s bedding has been transformed into cool mats and cool pillows to dissipate heat. Mothers also change their babies to sweat-absorbing and breathable cool mats to help them sleep coolly. However, can babies use cool mats or not? If you really want to give your baby a cool mat, how should you choose it? The cooler will sleep out of “dermatitis”? 3-year-old Tian Tian loves to sweat, especially when sleeping. Mom was worried about her heat rash, so she found a cool mat at home to lay on, and the result was that after only two nights of sleeping, Tian Tian’s body had a lot of small red bumps, and she said it was itchy. The doctor said that this is insect bite dermatitis, which is caused by the use of the mat. The majority of people may not know what insect bite dermatitis is, sleeping on the cooler can sleep out of this disease? No wonder some moms don’t approve of using a cooler for their babies! The medical name for insect bite dermatitis is “papular urticaria”, which refers to the baby’s skin symptoms caused by sleeping on the cooler, mainly manifested by the appearance of isolated, scattered light red bumps on the skin, mostly concentrated in the back, waist and legs, after the onset of stinging, itchy. The baby is crying and restless, and even scratching and ulcerating, which is cooler dermatitis. It is not controversial that insect bite dermatitis is caused by a cooler. There are two reasons for this, one is that the baby is allergic to the material of the mat, and the other is allergic to the mites in the mat. The seams of the mat are prone to parasitic mites, plus dander, dust and sweat tend to seep into the seams of the reed mat, and in a humid, high humidity environment, it will breed some microorganisms that are harmful to the human body, leading to skin diseases in children. When mites bite, they will release a certain amount of toxins, causing allergies in babies. So, for the baby with a cooler, the mother needs to do this Want to baby safety with a cooler, to prevent insect bite dermatitis, first, must choose a good cooler. Be sure to choose a good texture, smooth front and no thorns, neat and clean corners of the mat. In addition, colorful mats may contain dyes, chemical agents and other harmful substances, which can easily cause skin inflammation such as baby allergies, so try to avoid when selecting, and choose the original color, natural color of the mat is better. It is best to choose bamboo, straw, wheat straw or rattan mats, not grass mats. One is that grass mats are prone to mites, and the second is that grass mats are often allergens themselves. Babies with a history of skin allergies or allergic babies should not be used. Use the right mat (use clean + disinfection) New mats or old mats that have been stored for a year should be cleaned before use, especially old mats. After a year of inactivity, it is easy to breed mites, so mites should be eliminated before use. The easiest and most environmentally friendly way is to scald the mat with boiling water and then expose it to the sun, which will kill the mites and eggs. Summer sweating, dander and dust and other easy to enter the seams of the mat, coupled with the humid environment, it may breed mites. Usually, when using the mat, it should be cleaned frequently and dried in the sun so that the mites and their eggs, which are not easily visible to the naked eye, can be killed. If you sweat a lot, you can wipe it off with a hot towel. Cool water or detergent cannot kill the mites in the cooler. Smaller babies should also be brushed and dried in the sun after they have wet themselves.