When summer arrives, there is no problem that mothers fear more than seeing their baby’s tender skin covered with heat rash. These little red spots not only make your baby irritable and crying, but if they are scratched accidentally, they can also become inflamed and pus filled, bringing a bunch of new skin problems.
The summer prickly heat prevention can not be delayed, so today we will talk to you about those things that prevent prickly heat.
Why do babies like to have heat rash?
Prickly heat is a characteristic product of summer, mainly related to poor sweating. Babies’ skin does not sweat as much as adults, so when they sweat too much, it accumulates in the skin and eventually forms papules, pimples and small blisters, which is called prickly heat.
To put it plainly, babies are prone to heat rash, which is caused by poor sweating. Therefore, the key to preventing prickly heat is to “reduce sweating and keep the skin dry”.
What should I do to prevent heat rash? Remember these 9 words
1.Cooling
Babies are prone to heat rash, first of all, because it is too hot! The room is like a sauna, sweating all over the body; sleeping is like experiencing a “sweat steam”, wet from head to foot …… which has no reason not to grow “The first step in preventing prickly heat is to get rid of it.
Therefore, the first step to prevent heat rash is to cool down your baby and reduce your baby’s sweating.
Cooling methods include.
(1) Using equipment such as air conditioners and electric fans to lower the room temperature so that the room temperature is kept at a temperature that is more comfortable for the human body (around 26°C).
(2) Reduce the amount of clothing your baby wears and covers, and try to let your baby’s skin breathe.
(3) Avoid going out when the temperature is high, such as 10:00 a.m. to 16:00 p.m.
(4) When going out, put a sun hat on your baby, hold an umbrella, and avoid walking activities in the hot sun.
These methods do not have to be brilliant, but if we all do, but can really reduce the chances of your baby growing heat rash.
2. Cleanliness
It is also important to keep your baby’s skin clean and reduce the accumulation of sweat on the surface of the skin to prevent heat rash. For example, you can use warm water to wipe your baby’s sweaty parts of the body, especially the neck, armpits and other skin folds, to reduce the stimulation of sweat on the skin.
3.Granite lotion
Hearthstone lotion is a good remedy for prickly heat, and it is a topical medicine that is generally accepted by pediatricians to effectively deal with prickly heat. It is available in general pharmacies (2-4 dollars), cheap, large bowl, safe and mild.
Apply glyburide lotion to your baby’s prickly heat area for a cooling, astringent and anti-itch effect. Even if your baby’s heat rash is severe, continued use of glycomet lotion for 3 to 5 days will most likely result in significant improvement. However, if your baby scratches the skin and breaks out, you should stop using the lotion and take your baby to the hospital in time.
The baby has heat rash, mothers remember these nine words: cooling, cleaning, furnace mannate lotion!
Can you use deciduous water, flower lotion and talcum powder?
Perhaps moms aren’t familiar with “Furcomannan lotion”, but they are familiar with “good medicine” for heat rash such as ten drops of water, flower lotion, and talcum powder. However, if your baby has heat rash, can these things be used? Is it effective?
First, let’s see what their main ingredients are
1, ten drops of water: the main ingredients are camphor, cumin, cinnamon, chili pepper, etc. (you really did not read it wrong, ten drops of water is so capricious, using chili pepper as raw material), the auxiliary ingredients are ethanol. These ingredients are very irritating to the skin of infants and children, it is best not to use.
2, flower water: the main ingredients of flower water for alcohol, flavor, mint, ice chips and other cooling and anti-itch ingredients. Although alcohol has an antiseptic and anti-inflammatory effect, but the baby’s skin is very delicate, alcohol applied to the affected area, easy to have a burning sensation and greater skin irritation. Therefore, pediatricians generally recommend not to use flower lotion for babies with heat rash.
3, talcum powder: If the baby already has prickly heat, applying talcum powder will instead increase the dirt on the capillaries, blocking the pores and making it more difficult to discharge sweat, and the baby’s prickly heat will grow more and more serious.
What other methods are worth trying to take care of heat rash?
1, often check the baby’s skin folds that are easily wet by sweat, urine and saliva
After the baby sweats, you should dry the baby with a soft towel as soon as possible, and if necessary, it is best to wipe it with warm water slightly to make the sweat evaporate. Be careful not to use cold towels, warm towels are instead beneficial to the skin capillaries open, can achieve the effect of unblocking sweat glands, the baby will also feel more comfortable.
2. Bathe and wash your baby’s hair regularly, and change clean clothes
The parts of the body with prickly heat use as little or no bathing products as possible, and don’t wipe the prickly heat with force to prevent the skin from breaking down and getting infected. It is best to wear cool, breathable, light-colored clothing for your baby. Dark and rough fabrics will make your baby hot and sweltering, and heat rash will grow more and more.
3. Cut your baby’s nails regularly and avoid scratching with your hands
If your baby is scratching the prickly heat, it means that the prickly heat is itchy, so your mother can try the methods mentioned earlier, wipe your baby’s sweat more often, or use stovepipe lotion to reduce the prickly heat itch.
4, can be appropriate for the baby shaved short hair, but not shaved bald
Shaving the head will make the baby’s skin heat up faster, but it will aggravate the prickly heat situation.