Summer is a huge torment for the baby who is afraid of heat. In summer, many babies will have a lot of prickly heat on their bodies. It's hard to itch. Many parents are very distressed after watching it. So what should we do if the baby has prickly heat in summer?
How is prickly heat produced?
Prickly heat is the most common skin disease in summer. In summer, the temperature is high, the sweat is secreted much, and the sweat evaporation is not smooth, which leads to the blockage of sweat pores, and the blocked sweat glands are still secreting sweat, so the sweat deposited in the sweat tube of the epidermis increases the pressure in the sweat tube, which leads to the expansion and rupture of the sweat tube, the sweat overflows into the surrounding tissues, and many small blisters of needle size appear under the skin, forming prickly heat. The child's nature is lively and active, jumping and jumping all the time every day. In addition, the metabolism in the body is vigorous, so it is very easy to sweat, and the sweat is too much and not dried in time, resulting in the blockage of sweat pores, so the child is particularly prone to prickly heat. In addition to the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot can occur prickly heat, often occurs in the scalp, forehead, neck, chest, buttocks, elbows and other easily sweating friction parts.
There are three types of prickly heat
Red prickly heat (red miliary rash)
It is caused by sweat overflowing from a little depth inside the epidermis. It is easy to be found on the back of hand, cubital fossa, neck, chest, back, abdomen, buttock, head and face. Conscious of slight burning and itching.
White heat (crystal miliary rash)
It is sweat overflowing in or under the cuticle. Most of the small blisters from the tip of the needle to the large superficial surface of the needle occur in the neck and body cadres, which have no self-conscious symptoms. They are easy to break after being lightly rubbed and have extremely thin small scales and lips after being dried.
Purulent purulence (pyogenic miliary rash)
There is a large superficial pustule on the tip of prickly heat. Clinically, it is rare and often occurs in the plica, such as the flexion of limbs and the pudenda, and the head and neck of children are also common. Pustules are usually sterile or nonpathogenic cocci, but secondary infection may occur after rupture.
How to prevent babies from having prickly heat?
1. Attention should be paid to the ventilation of the environment to avoid overheating. In case of high temperature days, the air conditioner can be used properly to reduce the indoor temperature;
2. Pay attention to skin cleaning and hygiene. When children are sweating, they should dry their sweat in time, take a bath and change clothes frequently to keep their skin clean and dry;
3. Don't wear too much, avoid a lot of perspiration, and wear loose, breathable and hygroscopic cotton clothes;
4. In the hot summer, don't hold the baby all the time, try to let the baby play alone on the mat, so as not to be in the arms of adults for a long time, the heat dissipation is not smooth, cover the prickly heat;
5. Babies should wear light and airy pajamas when sleeping. On the airy mat, don't let the baby sleep on the plastic cloth, and don't take off the light for the baby, so as to avoid direct skin irritation;
6. When going out, prepare sunshade hat, sunshade umbrella and children's sunglasses for children, and apply special sunscreen for children's exposed skin;
7. Drink more water, especially cold boiled water, often mung bean soup and other cool drinks, eat light and digestible food, and eat less greasy and stimulating food.
What if the baby has prickly heat?
1. Parts should be cleaned with warm water, neither cold water nor hot water. Cold bath, although beginning to feel very cool and comfortable on the skin, will cause pore contraction, which is not conducive to the smooth secretion of sweat glands. Hot bath will stimulate the prickly heat with inflammation. .
2. When bathing, do not use irritating alkaline soap, use baby's special bath gel and bath appliance with fine texture, not rough, soft and not scratch skin to wipe the skin, and pay attention to protect the skin from damage. After bathing, you must wash your body clean, and then dry your body with a clean bath towel, so as not to leave the bath gel on your skin and cause irritation.
3. When using prickly heat powder, don't give it to your child just after he has taken a bath. You must wait until all the water on his body is dry before using it. When putting out powder, you should also pay attention to not too much and too thick at one time, so as to avoid accumulation of prickly heat powder and aggravation of blockage of sweat pores.
4. When using the flower dew, its fragrance should be light and less irritating. After taking a bath, apply a little to the child's neck, armpit, thigh root, knee socket and other parts prone to prickly heat.
5、 Should often cut fingernails for children, wash their hands frequently, to avoid children scratching skin due to prickly heat, causing secondary infection.
6. If the child has severe prickly heat, severe itching and exudate, it is not suitable to apply prickly heat powder to the child. Instead, take the child to the dermatology department of the hospital in time. Under the guidance of the doctor, use some professional ointment such as calamine lotion and baidobang to apply the affected area. It is not advisable to use some ointment drugs for children without authorization, so as to avoid aggravating the disease.
7. Once there is furuncle, you should take your baby to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment. Never squeeze the furuncle to prevent the spread of infection.
8. In the diet should pay attention to light, avoid greasy stimulating food.
Chinese medicine treatment method of prickly heat in summer:
1. 6 grams of honeysuckle, soak in boiling water for about 1 hour, then lightly smear the affected area with cotton swab or gauze dipped in honeysuckle soaking solution, three times a day.
2. 9 grams of Patrinia villosa, put the medicine into the casserole, add about 500ml of water, first fry it in the fire and then fry it in the fire for 5 minutes, dip the swab or gauze in the decoction of Patrinia villosa and gently wipe the affected area. Twice a day, the second time you wipe the lotion, you can still fry the previous Patrinia villosa.
3. Appropriate amount of fresh wax gourd, peeled and sliced, rubbed outside the affected area, three times a day.
4. Sophora flavescens 10g, purslane 10g, add water about 250ml, fry for 15 minutes, cool and clean the affected area, 5 minutes each time, once in the morning and once in the evening.
5. Mung bean 30g, red date 10, winter melon 30g, a little crystal sugar, put the above ingredients (except crystal sugar) together into the casserole to fry until well done, then add some crystal sugar to mix, one dose a day, take for a week.
Folk therapy of prickly heat in summer:
1. 50 grams of peach leaves, add 500 ml of water, boil it to only half of the water, with the boiled peach leaves of water directly wipe prickly heat.
2. Slice balsam pear, rub prickly heat with balsam pear meat with juice, once in the morning and once in the evening.
3. Boil 100g of fresh Portulaca oleracea in about 1500ml of water, scrub prickly heat with boiled Portulaca oleracea water, once in the morning and once in the evening.
4. Apply the raw cucumber juice or cucumber slices to the affected area respectively, and recover after two or three times. This method is especially suitable for children.
Please try to use less talcum powder in summer!
Mothers must use appropriate amount of talcum powder for their children. Some mothers always like to use talcum powder to sprinkle the whole body for their baby after bathing. In fact, this method is unnecessary. Because the baby's skin is delicate, if the parents frequently change the baby's urine, pay attention to keep the baby's body clean and dry, you can completely avoid talcum powder.
For babies, the best way to avoid diaper rash is to contact the air, keep dry and clean. While talcum powder is made of chemical ingredients, especially for infants under one year old, it is easy to infect sensitive parts such as the lower body when applying talcum powder.