Heat Rash - Treatments - Better Medicine

How is heat rash treated?

The best way to treat heat rash is to ensure that you get plenty of air circulation around your skin. This means wearing light, loose clothing that will let your skin “breathe.” Staying cool and drinking lots of water can help minimize your symptoms and prevent heat rash from progressing to heat stroke.

Treatments for heat rash

If your heat rash does not resolve, some topical creams are available for treatment including:

Anhydrous lanolin, a lubricating ointment

Calamine lotion, which reduces itching

Steroid creams, which help clear the inflammation

What you can do to improve your heat rash

Self-care measures for treating heat rash include:

Drinking plenty of water

Eating fruits such as watermelon that have a high water content

Moving around to ensure air circulation around your body

Staying cool in hot weather by seeking shade or air-conditioned locations

Wearing loose clothing made with breathable fabrics such as cotton

What are the potential complications of heat rash?

Although heat rash itself is not serious, it can be associated with environmental conditions such as high temperatures that lead to serious complications such as heat stroke, which is a potentially life-threatening medical emergency. You can help minimize your risk of serious complications by following the treatment plan you and your health care professional design specifically for you. Complications associated with heat rash include:

Heat exhaustion

Heat stroke

INTRODUCTION

What is heat rash?

Heat rash is one of many different types of rash. Rash is a symptom that causes the affected area to turn red and blotchy and swell. The rash may cause spots that are bumpy, scaly, flaky, or filled with pus. Rashes can vary in location, pattern and extent and may occur in any area of the body.... Read more about heat rash introduction

SYMPTOMS

What are the symptoms of heat rash?

Symptoms of heat rash include the appearance of raised bumps on your skin in the affected area that may range in color from clear to red. The type and color of rash depend on the location in the skin where sweat glands are clogged, and symptoms have a range of severity. The mildest form is called miliaria crystalline (clear, raised rash), a blockage of the sweat glands at the top layer of the skin. Types that occur deeper in the skin include miliaria rubra (reddened rash) and miliaria profunda (larger and firmer bumps that are skin colored).... Read more about heat rash symptoms

CAUSES