Is the baby having eczema or prickly heat?

1. Prickly heat.

If the red bumps on the baby's body are relatively small, but in fact, they appear in hot weather, it may be that the baby has prickly heat. These red bumps may appear not only on the body, but also on the face, and it is generally not easy to develop prickly heat in autumn and winter.

2. Eczema. This condition is common in newborns, red bumps are very similar to prickly heat, and babies will also feel itchy and can't help but want to scratch with their hands.

Hello prickly heat and eczema are clearly different in many ways, as follows:

1. In the onset season, prickly heat often occurs in summer, in a hot and humid environment, while eczema can occur all year round;

2. The manifestations of skin lesions are different, and the rash of prickly heat is often relatively simple, which can be papules the size of needle tips and millet grains, white, red, skin color, crystal-like, or small blisters and papules, and the form is relatively simple. Eczema, on the other hand, is a pleomorphic skin lesion with erythema, papules, oozing, blisters, crusts, etc.;

3. At the site of the disease, prickly heat is often prone to occur in sweaty areas, such as the neck, chest, back, and armpits. Eczema can occur in all areas;

4. Self-feeling is different, eczema is mainly itching, while prickly heat often has a tingling sensation after sweating, of course, there may also be an itching feeling;

In essence, it is almost the same, but the name and severity are slightly different, the baby is in a relatively weak group is prone to various diseases, and the body's various sweat glands are not well developed, there will be ** inflammation and eczema, so parents need extra care in ordinary times.

1. After the baby has eczema, it is necessary to find the cause of the inducement, and then give correction, if it is because of food intolerance, it is necessary to take a systemic or local comprehensive **.

2. When the baby has eczema, it can not be scalded with soapy water or hot water, and it is necessary to avoid sunlight.

3. It can not be treated in different ways at the same time, for the acute stage, external cream can be used for application, or 1% of 4% boric acid solution can be used for wet compress. In the subacute phase, you can bathe with warm water once a day, and then apply calamine lotion, which can relieve itching, reduce inflammation, and wash with warm water in the chronic phase**, and then apply cream.

4. If the baby's eczema itching is uncomfortable, you need to go to the department for examination in time, which is more assured. And sometimes it may not be eczema, so that the condition does not delay.