How to distinguish eczema from heat rash

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When summer comes, the weather is getting hotter and the baby is easy to get rash. For many novice parents, they can't correctly distinguish between rash and eczema. What is the difference between prickly heat and eczema? There is a big difference between prickly heat and eczema. It can be distinguished from the causes, seasons, locations and symptoms of prickly heat and eczema.

How to distinguish eczema from heat rash

First: the reason is different. Heat rash is caused by the obstruction of pores. There are many reasons for eczema, which are often unstable. The common causes of eczema include: eating fish, shrimp, eggs, beef, mutton, etc.; inhaling certain pollen, such as dust mites, wool, etc.; focus infection, such as tonsillitis, etc.; sunlight, heat, dryness in living environment, etc.; chemicals, such as cosmetics, soap, etc.; dyspepsia, gastric dysfunction, new metabolic disorders, etc. It can be seen that heat rash is a temporary disease and eczema is a chronic disease.

Second: the occurrence of different seasons, heat occurs in summer, more common in children. Eczema can occur in all seasons, regardless of age and age. But often in winter recurrence or aggravation, exudation tendency, chronic course, easy to relapse.

Third: the occurrence of different parts, heat often occurs in the neck, chest back, elbow fossa, popliteal fossa and other parts, children can occur in the head, forehead and other sweaty parts. Eczema can occur in any part, mostly in the cheek, forehead, eyebrow arch, ear and other parts.

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Eczema is an inflammatory skin disease with superficial epidermis and dermis. At the beginning, the skin turns red with red papules the size of a needle on it. The manifestations were symmetrical, exudative, pruritus, pleomorphic and recurrent. Eczema is characterized by diversity, symmetrical distribution, severe pruritus, repeated attacks and easy to develop into chronic.