Overcoming Prickly Heat

One of skin disease that is often experienced by babies is prickly heat. Although not dangerous, your baby will be quite annoyed, because itching is usually made baby becomes fussy. Prickly heat is not something alien to those who live in the tropics. Because this disorder usually appears as soon as the air rather warm, stuffy and humid.

Prickly heat caused by a blockage at the outlet of sweat glands. The clogged sweat pile is then pushed the skin (which is the end of the channel sweat), eventually forming small blisters on the skin surface. However, sometimes also appear red rash on the small blisters. Red rash is actually a sweat. But, because of its deeper, which appears was not blisters, but a red rash that feels very itchy.

Prickly heat can be prevented by avoiding obstruction of the evaporation of sweat.

How:
- Choose the right clothes for the baby, cloth made of cotton that can absorb sweat.
- Note the air circulation in the baby's room. Try the air can freely flow in the space, whether through the air holes or windows. It’s better if you install an air conditioner (AC) in the room.

- Bathe your baby regularly every morning and evening.

- Change your baby's clothes when it was wet with sweat.

Some of the following things can be done to overcome the prickly heat that affects your baby:

- Check your baby's cloth. Perhaps, his clothes do not absorb sweat or too thick for the air temperature at the time. If that is the case, immediately change his clothes. Or, change baby’s clothes frequently, especially when she tends to sweat a lot.

- When the weather is too hot, cool down the baby's body by immersion in a bath, or bathing with cool water. Another way is to wipe his sweaty body parts. Thus there is no longer sweat profusely.

- After bathing, dry your baby's body. Before dressing, occasionally leave his skin to "breathe" by let him get naked for some time.

- When inflammation happens quite a lot, use an ointment or powder especially for prickly heat as directed by your doctor. Powder that contains zinc oxide and magnesium stearic usually can reduce irritation and help the evaporation of sweat. If prickly heat is not recovered within a week, immediately take your baby to the doctor.