by momykids
“Keringet Buntet” or Prickly Heat in Baby, What Cause?
“Keringet buntet” aka prickly heat is a skin disorder caused by blocked sweat glands. Because the term “congestion” this is why ordinary people often refer to as keringet buntet prickly heat. Parts of the body that attack was the regional head, back, chest, and even face. It’s known, almost all members of the human body contains sweat glands, except the mouth.
Since man is born, explained Dr. Ari Muhandari Ardhie, SpKK, skin specialists and gender of the Skin & Sex Clinic RSAB Harapan Kita, Jakarta, already has the sweat glands and the amount will not change because there are no additions. “Only the sweat gland function in infants has not gone perfectly so baby more frequently experienced blockage of sweat glands.” That is why, prickly heat is more commonly found in infants.
Clothes and ventilation
However, it does not mean every child will experience a prickly heat, lo. Many also, really, babies do not experience it. Not because the baby is one more prone to prickly heat than other babies, but her skin care. “If well cared for baby’s skin, prickly heat is also not going to happen, really,” said Ari.
Moreover, he added, prickly heat is actually easy to avoid. For example, the dress of the material that absorbs sweat. Cotton could be one alternative. But the model is not too tight, you know. If the strict model, although the cotton material, it will still be easy to sweating. But if you loose, right, is more comfortable. Obviously, the room ventilation should also be taken to ensure good air circulation.
“Well, here’s the basic principles of preventing and treating the first stage of prickly heat,” said Ari. So, ma’am-sir, if your child has prickly heat immediately search for factors originators, whether because of his clothing that is not right or proper ventilation is less. When both are good but it still happens prickly heat, “could be due to negligence of the mother or guardian,” said Ari. For example, when the baby is sweating a lot and not directly replaced his clothes wet clothes and dried his body. It also triggered the prickly heat, you know.
Itching powder
Usually the mother will give the baby powder in areas affected by prickly heat. “Nah nothing, really, because the function of the powder, is not it, to absorb the residual moisture so the skin dry again,” said Ari. Also, do not worry baby skin will get dry and flaky to use of powder. “Without any given powder, basically skin with prickly heat is like a scaly rough because of the small rash of water.
Moreover, in a short time will also be disposed of with peeling skin because of its very shallow, “he explained. It could also use a special powder to overcome prickly heat on the market, especially when prickly sweat remained stubborn.” Powder-powder usually contains additives to relieve itching. But never mind, because the principle only symptomatic treatment of prickly heat or reduce the symptoms alone. In addition, of course, the producers were already considering the materials safe for the baby. ”
The additional material that is usually used to relieve itching prickly heat is calamine and menthol. “Both ingredients are safe for babies,” said Ari. But of course such thing as individual cases or exceptional cases must exist. For example, baby A was not suitable to use prickly heat powder. “Maybe he was vulnerable because a younger age. Would not a young age are more susceptible to irritation?”
Well, if it is so mean it is the duty doctor. Leave also the doctor if prickly heat eventually become a secondary infection that usually occurs in prickly heat often type two “For itchy, then the children often scratch it, causing secondary infection. A pimple that is red will contain pus,” said Ari. Usually the doctor will consider giving an antibiotic drug.
Be careful mushrooms
To note, said Ari, do not let parents mistakenly think prickly heat when it is actually mushrooms. “It often happens, you know. The parents complained, prickly sweat, really, baseball heal. When the new checked out it’s not prickly heat, but the mushrooms,” he said. Therefore, anjurnya, should parents who have tried drugs prickly heat taking account of the results of test try. Moreover, often the baby’s skin still did not improve despite already tried various medications itch.
“You’d better take it to the nearest doctor to ascertain whether correct or fungus prickly heat. For the layman it may be difficult to distinguish fungi with prickly heat. They just see a red rash. But if doctors, in general, with a glimpse of this fungus can distinguish or prickly heat . So even if your baby has a red bruntusan in the genital area.
“It’s not prickly heat because there is no influence between BAK with prickly heat. BAK is a secretory function associated with urinary tract, while the prickly heat is a blockage of the sweat glands,” explained Ari. So also when butt baby has a pimple erah, “her business instead of prickly heat but rather to diaper rash.”
However, it is safer to the doctor first examined and then treated.