Contest !! || Heat rash

greetings everyone here in the healthy steem family, I am @blessedbee from Nigeria, and I am delighted to participate in this contest which talks about heat rashes, I will be discussing briefly my understanding of heat rashes, their types, what could be the possible causes of heat rashes, how can we prevent or managed heat rashes.

We can see that heat rashes affect almost everyone including newborns, infants, and adults. It doesn't select, no matter your background and status it will get to you someday. So without wasting much time, I will go straight to the business of the day.

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WHAT IS HEAT RASHES

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In layman's terms, heat rashes are the small reddish bumps that come out from a human skin because of too much heat.

Medically heat rashes are the process in which our eccrine sweat glands are blocked by excessive sweat which results in the backflow of the sweat into the skin which leads to rashes and these rashes are filled with sweat vesicles under the skin.

Skin rashes are also known as eccrine miliaria, sweat rashes, summer rashes, wildfire rashes, and prickling heat. It affects everybody when there is too much heat in the environment which causes discomfort. But in most cases, it affects people who are overweight, obese, or people who sweat too much, then newborn babies are prone to it too.

These small bumps caused by heat are called papules, They cause a prickling sensation which makes the person affected scratch it often, it is hard to see on people with darker skin.
Areas that these sweat rashes are likely to affect are the neck, face, under the breast, and the scrotum. It also affects areas where the clothes rubs the skin.

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TYPES OF HEAT RASHES

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We have three types of heat rashes, these are;

1. Miliaria Crystalline: This type of rash is common among babies, it affects newborns more than adults, it is not painful, and it causes clear small bumps that are filled with sweat to cover the skin which does not itch or cause pains.

2. Miliaria Rubra: In this type of rash the bumps are filled with pus which is called miliaria pustulosa. It causes inflammation in the affected area and lack of sweat too which makes it more uncomfortable.

3. Military Profunda: This type is not common, but if it occurs, it has the possibility of reoccurring and this time more chronic, it causes tough and flesh-colored rashes which are sometimes very large.

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POSSIBLE CAUSES OF HEAT RASHES

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1. Blocked sweat glands: this is the process in which our pores cannot excrete sweat causing it to retain it and the dermis is blocked.

2. High temperature: when the weather is too hot irritating our skin.

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TREATMENT OF HEAT RASHES

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1. Loose clothing

2. Cool bath

3. prickling heat powder

4. Antibiotics

5. Light cream
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THE SEVERITY OF HEAT RASHES MAKE CAN MAKE ME BED RIDDEN

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Yes, it can cause a person suffering from heat rashes to be bedridden, this happens when it causes infections, severity of prickling heat causes infections like staphylococcus, so a person having it will not be comfortable going out

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Thank you very much @khursheedanwar for organizing such an interesting contest, it has given me the to share my little knowledge.

@goodybest, @perpetaul, and @jes88 please participate in the contest and share your knowledge, thanks.