What to do if baby has prickly heat on his butt

It is normal for babies to have prickly heat on their buttocks, because some parents will wear diapers even in summer or because children do not pay attention to cleaning their buttocks after going to the toilet, prickly heat will appear. To prevent prickly heat in summer, you must first find a suitable method to slowly adjust it. The treatment of prickly heat is not very troublesome. Only good care can prevent the prickly heat from getting worse, otherwise it will cause unnecessary harm.

Anti-prickly heat set:

A. Nursing Law

Having prickly heat is very troublesome, the baby cries and the mother is annoyed. However, if you pay a little attention in your daily life, you can prevent the occurrence of prickly heat. At the same time, care is equally important after getting prickly heat.

1. Strengthen skin care, take a bath frequently and keep your skin clean. Warm water is most suitable. If the water temperature is too low, the capillaries in the skin will suddenly contract, the sweat gland pores will be blocked, and sweat cannot be excreted, which will aggravate the prickly heat. Overheating will irritate the skin and increase the number of prickly heat.

2. Cut your nails frequently, keep your hands clean, and avoid scratching your skin which may cause secondary bacterial infection.

3. Do not let your child apply too much powder-based body skin care products, so as to avoid mixing with sweat and clogging the sweat glands, resulting in poor sweating and inflammation around the sweat glands.

4. In summer, children’s outdoor activity time and amount should be properly controlled.

5. Pay attention to ventilation of the room and keep it cool. Families with conditions should install air conditioners. Bath your child more often, 1-2 times a day.

6. Children's clothes should be loose and baggy, and should be changed frequently. The material for clothing should be thin cotton cloth with good water absorption and breathability. Do not let your child be naked for a long time to avoid adverse irritation to the skin.

7. Let your child drink plenty of water and avoid eating irritating food;

8. If an abscess occurs, you should go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment and take oral antibiotics as prescribed by the doctor.

B. Diet therapy

Diet is very important in preventing and treating prickly heat.

Here are some treatments:

1. Add 60 grams of winter melon to water and boil it into a soup, drink it once a day for 7 to 8 days.

2. Take an appropriate amount of mung beans and a fresh lotus leaf, add water and boil it for drinking.

3. Boil appropriate amounts of winter melon, kelp and mung beans together, add a little sugar, and take it for 7 to 10 days.

4. Take 20 grams each of purslane and loofah, decoct in water and drink.

5. Wash 5-6 black plums, boil for 30 minutes, add 6 grams of honeysuckle and boil for 20 minutes, take the juice, remove the residue, add sugar and drink it after cooling.

There are also some folk remedies that can be used to prevent prickly heat. Just pay a little attention to your daily diet.

1. Watermelon is abundant in summer. It not only has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, cooling blood and quenching thirst, but also can prevent the occurrence of prickly heat. Watermelon rind is a traditional Chinese medicine, called "Watermelon Green Cloth". Wash and slice the watermelon rind, use it to make soup or dishes, and eat it for a long time, which is also effective in preventing prickly heat.