If your baby has a pimple on his face, how to tell if it s prickly heat or eczema

Heat rash is a condition in which a reddish rash appears on your child's body when the temperature around the body is too high, and the rash disappears soon after your child's skin cools. Heat rash is a kind of rice-grained or pinpoint-like red dot, even if the rash is connected into patches, you can see a particularly clear, millet-like rash. Heat rash usually appears on the child's face, neck, shoulders, elbow fossa, groin, armpits, etc.

Infants and young children will have heat rash because their sweat gland function is not yet mature, when the temperature of the surrounding environment is too high, ** regulate the body's temperature through sweat gland secretion, but the regulation of insufficiency will cause heat rash.

Eczema is first seen in infants aged 2 to 3 months, mostly on the cheeks, forehead, between the eyebrows, and on the head, and in severe cases, on the trunk and limbs. In the initial stage, it is erythema, and later it is a small punctate papule and herpes, which is very itchy, and the herpes is broken, and the exudate flows out, and after drying, it forms a crust. Lesions are often symmetrically distributed.

Eczema is sometimes dry, that is, there is a small amount of gray-white bran belt desquamation on small papules, which is more common on the top of the head and eyebrows, next to the nose, and behind the ears, and the itching sensation is obvious.

The causes are different, and we should pay attention to them.

Eczema is an allergic disease with a genetic tendency, which is often referred to as "milk moss", which is more common in babies who are allergic to milk. There are many reasons for the formation of eczema, and a variety of allergens can cause eczema in babies. Some babies are allergic to certain substances such as milk, eggs, fish and shrimp and other high-protein foods, or sensitive to dust, pollen, and even tomatoes, oranges, etc., they will have allergic reactions, and some babies are manifested as eczema, and Bai Puzhi can be effective**.

And prickly heat is also known as "hot prickly" and "red milia". It is caused by excessive sweating in the hot and humid environment of the baby, and the sweat evaporation is not smooth, resulting in the blockage of the sweat ducts, the rupture of the sweat ducts, and the inflammation around the sweat glands caused by the poor discharge of sweat in the skin, which is mainly manifested as small papules and small blisters.

Only after knowing their causes can we better understand them and take good care of our babies. The causes are different, but they should be taken equally seriously.

It is easy to tell if your baby has eczema or prickly heat, because prickly heat is mainly caused by excessive sweating, and eczema is mostly caused by allergies. In addition, prickly heat mostly occurs on the neck, chest and back, and may also occur on the head, but eczema can occur in any part of the body, prickly heat, at first it is a pinhead-sized pimple, and eczema is mostly a rash, there may be blisters. In addition, the season of occurrence is also different, prickly heat generally occurs in summer, and eczema can occur no matter what season, so it is still easy to distinguish between the two, so how should you take good care?

Whether it is eczema or prickly heat, it has a greater impact on the baby, so it is important to do a good job of daily care. At the beginning, calamine can be smeared, and calamine repeated many times a day has the effect of relieving itching, and can also achieve the purpose of sterilization. However, it should be noted that there are menthol in some calamine, and it should be noted when purchasing, if the baby is relatively young, children under the age of two cannot use this.

If the baby often picks with his hands, he should pay attention to the cleanliness and hygiene of the baby's hands, and it is best to cut off the nails to avoid causing infection when picking.

Eczema and prickly heat can cause infection, sometimes if the outside infection or the baby picks the infection after the infection, it is necessary to go to the hospital, can not be self-treated, otherwise it may cause other complications. If it is eczema, you should also pay attention to the allergens, most eczema is caused by allergies, if you are not sure, you can go to the hospital for testing, targeted prevention, and avoid every year**. If it is prickly heat, it is necessary to do a good job of drying and cleaning, and be sure to wipe it clean after bathing to avoid aggravation of the condition in a humid environment.

Although prickly heat and eczema are the same in terms of care, they still have certain differences, and only by distinguishing the difference between the two in time can we treat the symptoms**. If you are often** or in serious condition, you should go to the hospital in time**. In addition, it is necessary to do a good job of local drying and cleaning, and do not eat hair to avoid aggravation of the condition.

Prickly heat is a pinhead-sized pox or a red papule or papule that can be accompanied by itching and tingling. Eczema has the characteristics of symmetry, itching and easy **.

Eczema is a little bigger than prickly heat, eczema is independent one by one, prickly heat is a clump, prickly heat can be dispersed by wiping some prickly heat powder or cool cream, eczema may grow all year round, prickly heat is generally growing in the summer.

Prickly heat generally occurs when the temperature is relatively high, and the part is in a place where it is easy to sweat, and sweating is covered out; Eczema can occur all year round and is the cause of heavy moisture.

There is a clear difference between eczema and prickly heat, generally prickly heat is menacing, and the area that appears in a very short period of time is relatively large, while eczema is a few pieces that grow out and will not show a large area in a short period of time. Although eczema and prickly heat are both small red rashes, eczema rashes do not have small white or yellow spikes, and prickly heat generally has whitish prickly prickly prickles. The ** of the eczema affected area is relatively dry and rough, like a layer of scabs, and the place with prickly heat will not be like this.

Prickly heat tends to occur in the hot season and will slowly subside on its own after it is cool, while eczema is common all year round and is not easy to heal.

Eczema generally grows in all seasons, while prickly heat is mainly in summer. Prickly heat mainly appears on the head or in areas where there is a lot of sweating, while eczema can grow in all places.

The simplest difference is that eczema has a smoother surface, while prickly heat has a rougher surface and feels grainy to the touch.

There are very obvious differences between eczema and prickly heat, mainly in the following points: 1. The onset sites are different, eczema is mainly manifested in the appearance of papules and papules on the extended, itching is intense, and it is easy to recur; Prickly heat is mainly a densely distributed miliary size papule, which is more common on the forehead or chest and back.

2. The onset time is different, eczema is easy to reverse and has no obvious relationship with the season, and it is easy to reverse ** many times; Prickly heat has a clear relationship with the weather, usually when the weather is too hot.

3. The causes of eczema are different, the main cause of eczema is allergies, which is generally related to one's own allergic constitution, and is also related to the personal environment; Prickly heat is caused by inflammation caused by poor excretion of sweat in the human body when the weather is too hot.

4. The recovery situation is different, and it is easy to reverse after eczema; Prickly heat is generally not in a high-heat environment, and it will not act back.

Prickly heat is hot, eczema is allergies, first pay attention not to let the baby reach out to scratch, you can rub some topical eczema ointment for the baby, you usually have to pay attention to the diet is light and easy to digest, if you drink milk powder, you can try Tianshi formula.