The scorching heat of midsummer has not yet arrived, but many mothers have already tasted the taste of summer (not watermelon here).
That's right, many babies have been hot out of prickly heat, this "summer specialty" not only tests the baby's body, but also torments the mother's heart:
Receiving the call of the mothers, the University of Science and Technology started to code words non-stop!
After all, it is tolerable to let a small prickly heat become a big problem that troubles the mother and endangers the baby's health, but Keda can't bear it!
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Do you think these tricks can prevent heat rash?
Bao parents, in order to deal with the prickly heat that will entangle the baby in the summer, do you always have talcum powder, peach water, and ten drops of water at home...... Waiting for the Dharma?
To tell you the truth, these so-called "anti-prickly heat artifacts" are really hurtful!
1. Talcum powder is not recommended, not just because it is carcinogenic
HKUST has been nagging with Bao's parents countless times: it is not recommended to use talcum powder for the baby.
One of the main reasons is that talcum powder is frequently exposed to quality and safety issues.
Carcinogenic incident of a brand of talcum powder:
Source: National Business Daily
A children's brand talcum powder was exposed to excessive lead content:
Source: Caijing.com
Even talcum powders with natural ingredients (such as talcum powder made from corn flour) can cause harm to your baby:
✦ Clog pores and aggravate prickly heat
After encountering sweat, talcum powder will mix with mud, which is easy to block the outlet of sweat glands, so that sweat can not be discharged smoothly, but aggravates prickly heat.
✦ Irritates the respiratory tract and affects health
In the process of spraying talcum powder on the baby, the fine talcum powder particles will be dispersed in the air and inhaled by the baby, irritating the respiratory tract.
Severe cases may even trigger symptoms such as asthma and allergies!
2. Add some ingredients to the bath water, which is more about psychological comfort
When bathing their babies in summer, many parents are keen to add some "ingredients" to the bathwater......
Image source: Science Family Parenting Original
The baby takes a bath, there is really not so much drama, just clean water!
Babies have thin, delicate, sensitive, and weak resistance, and react much more strongly to allergic substances or toxins than adults.
Flower water, ten drops of water, Huoxiang Zhengqi water, and wind oil essence contain alcohol, camphor and other ingredients, which not only stimulate the baby's tender skin, but also may cause poisoning!
To deal with prickly heat, you really don't have to think too much, and the University of Science and Technology will offer the correct way to open it.
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Prickly heat is graded, keep in mind the "six-character proverb"!
Babies love prickly heat in summer, and there are not so many plays to prevent it, the general principle is to remember: "cool, clean, dry" this six-word motto!
Image source: Science Family Parenting Original
If your baby has prickly heat, on the basis of following these 3 care principles, the treatment methods are slightly different according to the severity of the prickly heat:
1. Primary stage: white prickly heat
This kind of prickly heat is good on the baby's chest and neck, generally not painful or itchy, as long as the sweat is wiped in time, it will soon subside.
2. Advanced version: red prickly heat
Red prickly heat loves to appear on the baby's forehead, neck, chest, and buttocks, with itching and burning sensation, which needs to be relieved by warm bathing every day.
If your baby's itching is unbearable, you can take these steps to stop itching:
✦Apply some calamine lotion to relieve itching: pay attention to the number of applications should not be too much, and wipe off the residual powder in time after applying for a period of time.
✦ Cold compress wrapped in frozen mineral water with a towel: 2-3 minutes each time, can be applied multiple times; The temperature of the cold compress can be cool for the baby, not too cold.
✦ Soothe: When the baby is emotionally aroused such as crying, it will also aggravate the sweating and itching.
3. The final boss: Pu Prickly Heat (Yellow Prickly Heat)
If you don't control your baby's small hands or don't take good care of them, it will easily lead to bacterial infection, making the prickly heat evolve into prickly heat.
This kind of prickly heat will make the baby have a tingling sensation, and some are accompanied by fever, which needs to be treated with topical antibiotic ointments.
In addition to the three types of prickly heat, eczema is also easy to confuse with prickly heat.
However, the care methods of these two are very different: eczema should be moisturized, prickly heat should be dry, once you get it wrong, it will make the baby suffer more!
The University of Science and Technology dedicates itself to the Dafa of visual identification:
(1) Look at the appearance: eczema is patchy, and prickly heat is one by one.
(2) Look at the location: Eczema often appears on the cheeks, elbows, knees and other dry rubbing places.
(3) If it can be improved by blowing the air conditioner and wearing less covers, it is prickly heat.
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Newborns are more likely to get prickly heat, pay attention to 2 things!
Newborns are prone to prickly heat, which is a matter of distress for many new mothers.
In addition to the physiological reasons such as the baby's vigorous metabolism, sweating, and incomplete development of skin sweat glands......
Newborns are prone to prickly heat in summer, which is also closely related to these things.
1. Do not blow the air conditioner during the confinement period
This bad habit is a torture for both mothers and newborn babies who have just given birth!
Image source: Science Family Parenting Original
In particular, neonatal prickly heat has a lot to do with the mother's fear of blowing the air conditioner during confinement.
Tens of thousands of anti-prickly heat, the first one to cool down, the reasonable use of the cooling and dehumidification function of the air conditioner, can effectively prevent neonatal prickly heat!
2. Afraid of newborns catching a cold, blindly cover the heat
Newborn babies sweat poorly, blindly covered, even in the cold winter wax moon will have prickly heat, let alone summer!
Source: Sina News client
For babies born in summer, if you want to stay away from prickly heat, parents should help to sweat smoothly:
Image source: Science Family Parenting Original
In the end, the University of Science and Technology turned over the backstage and found a problem that many parents are concerned about - can the baby be vaccinated if he has prickly heat?
The answer is: Yes!
Most prickly heat is a superficial skin problem that does not involve a disease in the body.
If the baby just has prickly heat and does not grow at the vaccination site, you can get vaccinated normally!