Wednesday 15 August 2012

Treatment for Heat Rashes

  • Heat rashes can be best treated by keeping oneself clean, cool and dry. Make sure you wear cotton clothes in summer and keep yourself airy.
  • Keep the house well ventilated to allow enough air to keep yourself cool and dry. 
  • After bath wipe off the body well and apply deodorant in areas of your body like underarm and under the breast. You must also apply powder on all over your body to keep yourself sweat free as far as possible.
  • You can also apply corn starch on area where you have heat rash but make sure that the starch does not get moist else it will increase the chances of fungal infection. Try to stay cool after the application see your rashes disappear in few days. 
  • Boil some Neem leaves and dilute the solution in half bucket of water. After your bath, wash your body with this water and wipe dry. Neem is a natural infection killer and will help you get relief of the itching and accompanying infection.
Some Precautions to avoid heat rashes
  • Make sure you bath at least twice a day to keep yourself cool and dry
  • Wash your clothes regularly to avoid infection caused due to sweat.
  • Wear cotton clothes which will allow easy air passing.
  • Minimize the use of moisturizer/lotion/cream during summer time as it traps moisture thus increasing the chances of heat rashes further.