Sweat rash
Who gets prickly heat?
Although anyone can get prickly heat, you're more at risk of developing it if you're in a hot climate where you sweat more than usual.
The following also increase your risk:
- illness and immobility long periods of time spent in bed can make you sweat more, particularly if you have warm bedding
- wearing too much clothing, particularly in the winter
- sitting too close to a fire or heater
- being overweightor obese which is more likely to lead to excessive sweating
Babies and children are also more at risk of getting prickly heat, because their sweat glands aren't fully developed.
Medically Reviewed by a doctor on 21 Dec 2018
Introduction
Read about prickly heat (miliaria rubra), an itchy rash of small, raised red spots that causes a stinging or prickling sensation on the skin.
Causes of prickly heat
Prickly heatusually developswhena person sweats more than usual,such as during hot or humid weather. However, it's alsopossible to get prickly heatin the winter. The conditioniscausedwhenthe body's s
Who gets prickly heat?
Although anyone can get prickly heat, you're more at risk of developing it if you're in a hot climate where you sweat more than usual. The following also increase your risk: illness and immobility
Treating prickly heat
Prickly heat isn't a serious condition and rarely requires any specific treatment. Therashusually disappears after afew days. However, there are several things you can do to ease your symptoms: Avo
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