A fairly common phenomenon for the first year of life is prickly heat in children. Especially often prickly heat appears in newborns and infants. Young mothers are immediately overcome with excitement and concern for the health of their crumbs. I hasten to reassure you: it does not cause discomfort and anxiety to the baby. Of the side effects, only slight itching can be observed. However, parents should not relax either.

If the rash continues to spread over the delicate skin of the baby and no measures are taken, it may soon become infected. That is, all these, seemingly safe at first glance, can be combed by the baby. Then they will become open to the penetration of various bacteria and infections. Therefore, treatment must be started immediately.

But first, let's figure out why do babies get prickly heat?

From excessive swaddling and overheating, the child sweats, and sweat adversely affects his delicate skin and causes irritation, which turns into a rash. This is how baby sweat is formed.

All mothers know that the skin of babies is much thinner than the skin of an adult. And they are afraid that their baby will not freeze, and they are trying with all their might to warm him. But, think for yourself, what kind of cold can we talk about if the child is in a room with room temperature? By the way, the most favorable air temperature is +22 ^° C. But to be honest, for me this temperature is considered a little cool. But +24 ^o C - this is what you need! For air baths, you can increase it by a couple of degrees, this will be enough. Believe me, he will feel more comfortable naked than dressed in a hundred clothes. Therefore, from time to time please the crumbs with similar procedures.

Prickly heat in children often appears on less ventilated areas of the body: folds, bends of the arms and legs, armpits, ass and back. It looks like small red patches.

What measures should be taken to avoid sweating?

First, do not overdo it with the baby's clothes. The skin must breathe and be well ventilated. Secondly, do air baths during the day. Put the baby on a large bed or changing table, undress, do a massage, do baby gymnastics with him. Such procedures can be done for 5-10 minutes several times a day. Do not be afraid that the baby will freeze, your massage movements will disperse the blood through his body. And besides, how nice it is for the baby to feel your touches and strokes!

Another procedure to eliminate sweating is frequent bathing and washing the baby. If the baby often sweats, for example, in the summer, you can carry out water procedures several times a day. After bathing, pat your wet skin dry with a soft towel until it is completely dry. And only then can you dress your little one.

If possible, leave the baby longer without diapers, for example, while awake, so you exclude sweating and diaper rash in the groin area. Do not be afraid that he will describe the next diaper or sheet. Luckily, this issue is quickly resolved.

Sweating in children treatment

The main rules in the treatment will be disinfection of wounds and dry skin. Baths with chamomile and string help well. These herbs have anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties. You can make a weak solution of potassium permanganate and add it when bathing. But here it is necessary to exclude the presence of undissolved granules, since they can cause a burn. Therefore, it is better to dissolve manganese in some vessel and only then add such a solution to the bath.

A soda solution has a good antiseptic and antibacterial property. To do this, you need to dilute one teaspoon of soda in a glass of water. Add this solution to water when bathing or wipe the affected areas of the skin with a cotton swab dipped in it. Baby powder really dries out the skin. It absorbs excess moisture on the baby's body and is absolutely harmless.

Some pediatricians recommend drying pimples using brilliant green. But this applies already to the infected stage of sweating. Then Zelenka will be an excellent tool not only for drying pimples, but also for disinfecting them.

But the main thing in treatment is to eliminate the source that caused prickly heat. Dress the child lighter, ventilate the baby's skin more often. In order not to make a mistake in choosing the amount of clothes, remember the golden rule: put one more layer of clothes on your child than you wear yourself. This applies to the warm season and staying indoors. And, of course, baby clothes should not contain artificial fibers that can cause irritation, but be made only from high-quality natural raw materials.

Despite the fact that prickly heat in children is treated quickly enough, it is still better to avoid its occurrence on the delicate skin of your child! I beg you girls, how do you deal with prickly heat in your kids? Please write in the comments.