Newborn heat rash, also known as prickly heat, can be rubbed with anti-itch lotion and combined with topical hormone creams and antibacterial creams depending on the severity of the condition. Prickly heat is a superficial, inflammatory skin disease that is common in hot, humid seasons.
1. Antipruritic lotion: Usually after the appearance of prickly heat, the first thing you need to do is to use a cool antipruritic agent, such as peppermint tincture, prickly heat powder, etc., to alleviate the symptoms of itching.
2. Hormone ointment: For red prickly heat, you need to use topical glucocorticoid ointment, such as hydrocortisone, tretinoin, tretinoin, etc., to inhibit the inflammatory response and reduce local itching symptoms.
3. Antibacterial ointment: prickly heat is often itchy and uncomfortable symptoms, if excessive scratching local easy to secondary infection, need to use antibacterial ointment, such as mupirocin cream, levofloxacin ointment, erythromycin ointment, etc., to prevent and control the infection, reduce the condition.
All of the above drugs should be applied according to the doctor’s prescription. It is recommended that newborns with prickly heat should strictly follow the doctor’s instructions when using medication, do not blindly give the child the use of ointment treatment.