When summer comes, for many little babies, they always grow prickly heat. Their parents look very anxious, and children will suffer from itching. Why does baby grow prickly heat in summer? How can baby prevent prickly heat in summer?
The root cause of baby's prickly heat is' depression '
On the surface, the cause of prickly heat is' hot '. In fact, the root cause of prickly heat is' stuffy'. Babies don't only grow prickly heat in summer. Even in winter when the temperature is not high, if you cover the baby with a thick quilt when he has a fever, it is easy to cause prickly heat.
We know that the body will automatically sweat through the pores to dissipate heat. If the surrounding environment is not well ventilated and suffocating, sweat will accumulate in the gland tissue of the skin, making the pores blocked and unable to dissipate heat normally. Sweat will deteriorate if it stays in the skin for a long time, leading to mild inflammation of the skin, thus causing prickly heat. And the baby's skin is delicate, and the pores are smaller than the adults, so it is more likely to be blocked, which is why the baby is more likely to have prickly heat.
How to avoid prickly heat?
The key to avoid prickly heat is to keep your baby's skin cool. Parents should often check your baby's skin condition. If you touch him wet and sticky, it is necessary to take measures to prevent prickly heat. The specific ways to avoid prickly heat are as follows:
1. Avoid baby overheating
In the hot summer, you must pay attention to cooling your baby in time. If you are at home, your parents can cool down through fans or air conditioners. Generally, when the room temperature is higher than 28 & deg.; turn on the fans, and when it is higher than 30 & deg.; turn on the air conditioners to keep the room temperature at 26 & deg. When you take your baby out, you must remember to bring a fan and a cotton towel. When it's hot, it's convenient to fan and wipe your baby's sweat. If the outdoor temperature is too high, you should take your baby to a cool place immediately.
2. Keep baby dry
Parents should prepare loose, thin and sweat absorbing clothes for their babies. Cotton is a good choice. In the hot summer, parents should also avoid holding the baby often, and prepare a clean mat to put the baby on for his own play. If they really want to hold the baby, parents had better not wear wool, chemical fiber and other clothes that may irritate the baby's skin.
3. Choose the right mat
When a baby sleeps, most of his skin should be in contact with bed products, so it is very important to choose dry and breathable bed products. The mat is an essential bed product in summer, especially in the room temperature of 26-27 & deg;, the effect of cooling with electric fan + mat is much better than air conditioning.
At present, the popular mats in the market include straw mats, bamboo mats, rattan mats, flax mats, ice silk mats, etc. relatively speaking, the mats more suitable for babies are rattan mats and flax mats. The straw mat has good perspiration and air permeability, but it is easy to produce mites; the bamboo mat is too cool and easy to cool the baby; the ice silk mat has poor heat dissipation and is easy to stick on the body after sweating, which are not suitable for the baby.
4. Use small amount of prickly ash carefully
Talcum powder and prickly ash powder are popular anti prickly ash products in domestic and foreign markets, but AAP does not recommend using these products for babies, because talcum powder particles are easy to be inhaled into the respiratory tract, which may cause breathing difficulties, serious and even lung injury. In addition, talcum powder left on the baby's skin surface, combined with sweat and secretions on the skin, will form granules or lumps, which will not only block pores, but also remain in the skin folds, which may cause skin abrasion and local skin redness and swelling.
If you must use prickly ash powder, it is recommended that parents choose prickly ash powder made of natural powder and use it in a small amount. When using, the talcum powder should be applied on the hand far away from the baby, and then on the baby to avoid direct contact with the baby.
How to care for babies with prickly heat?
Long prickly heat will only itch and won't hurt, but if the baby scratched the prickly heat, or the nursing method after long prickly heat is wrong, it will cause burning and tingling of the skin. Therefore, the baby should carry out some simple treatment at home after giving birth to prickly heat:
1. After baobaosheng prickly heat, first of all, keep your baby's skin cool and dry, indoor temperature should not exceed 30 & deg;, and keep the air unblocked. Baby's prickly heat can't be covered. It's better to expose it in the air or wear loose and breathable clothes. If your skin is sweating, wipe it off in time.
2. In order to avoid the rash being cut, parents should trim the nails for the baby. If necessary, they can put cotton socks or gloves on the baby's hands when he sleeps.
3. Keep the raw prickly heat skin dry and do not apply any moisturizer or cream cream on it, because these will absorb the moisture of the skin and make the prickly heat worse.
4. If the prickly heat hasn't scratched the water, you can use calamine lotion to stop itching. But if it's scratched, the lotion will hurt a lot.
5. Add baking soda to the baby with prickly heat when bathing. The dosage of baking soda is generally 2 tablespoons of baking soda for every 3.7 liters of water.
6. If the prickly heat has become suppurative and forms purulent herpes, it is necessary to use external antibiotic ointment to treat skin bacterial infection, but these drugs should be used under the guidance of doctors.
7. If the prickly heat doesn't subside for a long time, or even there are signs of fever, send the baby to the hospital immediately.