What to do if your child has prickly heat on his back

Children with prickly heat on the back can be relieved by general treatment, applying medication and taking oral medication. 1. General treatment: Parents should give the child to wear breathable loose cotton clothes, so that the child is in a cool environment, to avoid scratching and other local infections. You can also use a towel wrapped in ice to apply cold compresses to the lesions to relieve itching and pain, but be careful to avoid frostbite. 2. Apply drugs: Because prickly heat will appear itching symptoms, you can apply glycerin lotion, prickly heat powder and other astringent, anti-itching effect; if the symptoms are more serious, under the guidance of a doctor, discretionary use of hydrocortisone butyrate cream and other glucocorticosteroid medication to relieve. 3. Oral medication: If the itching is severe and the above treatments are not effective, antihistamines such as loratadine can be taken orally to relieve itching. If combined with infection, need to follow the doctor’s instructions oral amoxicillin, cephalosporin antibiotics and other anti-infective treatment. Parents are advised to bring their children with prickly heat on the back to regular hospitals for medical treatment under the guidance of doctors, and the above medications should be used in strict accordance with the doctor’s instructions.