What to do if your child has prickly heat

The child prickly heat, take cold compresses and other general treatment, or glucocorticoid, antibiotic ointment and other drug treatment.
1. General treatment: Usually when the weather is hot, if the daily care is not appropriate, when the child does not wipe in time after sweating, a large amount of sweat fusion epidermal dirt, easy to lead to sweat gland blockage, causing prickly heat. Treatment should ensure that the affected area of the skin is dry and fresh, can be bathed in warm water every day; at the same time, adjust the indoor temperature, local cold compresses, help to stop itching, relieve the symptoms.
2. Medication: Topical glycerite lotion can be used to astringe and relieve local itching. Patients with red prickly heat can apply glucocorticoid creams such as triamcinolone to reduce itching and help the inflammation subside. Patients with pustular prickly heat can apply erythromycin and other antibiotic ointment treatment.
All of the above medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication. The same disease, the patient’s physical condition is different, different stages of the disease, the treatment method is different, should be standardized treatment under the guidance of the doctor.