What to do if your armpits are painful and red from sweating

Sweating pain and redness in the armpits may be related to sweating inflammation, eczema and other causes, which can be regulated by topical medication, oral medication and other measures.
1. Sweatitis: usually caused by staphylococcal infection due to lack of attention to hygiene or low immunity.
(1) Topical medication: you can use 1:5000 potassium permanganate wet compress, and then apply antibiotic drugs such as fusidic acid cream and erythromycin ointment.
(2) Oral medication: If the infection is serious, antibiotics such as cefuroxime tablets and potassium amoxicillin clavulanate capsules can be taken for treatment.
2. Eczema: local mucous inflammatory reaction caused by internal and external stimuli, which can also lead to symptoms such as armpit sweating, pain and redness.
(1) Topical medication: Wet compresses with boric acid solution can be used externally. After the oozing is reduced, medication such as zinc oxide ointment and hydrocortisone ointment can be used for treatment.
(2) Oral medicine: you can take chlorpheniramine maleate, ebastine tablets and other antihistamines to treat.
Armpit sweating pain redness, there may be other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner to check, clarify the cause of the disease, follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment, avoid self-abuse of drugs.