Heat rash and eczema are common skin diseases in summer, mostly found in children. For many novice parents, it is still difficult to correctly distinguish between prickly heat and eczema. In fact, there is a significant difference between prickly heat and eczema, based on their causes, timing, location, and symptoms. So, what is the difference between children's heat rash and eczema?
1. Different reasons
Heat rash is caused by blockage of sweat pores, and there are many reasons that can lead to eczema, often unstable. Common causes of eczema include eating foods such as fish, shrimp, eggs, beef, lamb, etc; Inhaling certain pollen, such as dust mites, wool, etc; Infection of lesions such as tonsillitis; Sunlight, heat, dryness, etc. in the living environment; Chemical substances such as cosmetics, soap, etc; Digestive disorders, gastric dysfunction, metabolic disorders of new products, etc. It can be seen that prickly heat is a temporary disease, while eczema is a chronic disease.
2. Different seasons of occurrence
Heat rash occurs in summer and is more common in children. Eczema can occur throughout the year regardless of season, regardless of gender, age, or gender. But it often recurs or worsens in winter, with a tendency towards exudation, chronic course, and easy recurrence.
3. Different locations of occurrence
Heat rash often occurs in the neck, chest, back, elbow fossa, popliteal fossa, and other areas. Children may experience excessive sweating in the head, forehead, and other areas. Eczema can occur in any area, often in the cheeks, forehead, eyebrow arch, behind the ears, and other areas.
4. Different symptoms
Heat rash is actually a mild inflammation of sweat glands. At first, the skin turns red, and then needle sized red papules or papules appear, densely clustered in patches, some of which are purulent. After giving birth to prickly heat, there is intense itching, pain, and sometimes bursts of spicy burning pain. Eczema is an inflammatory skin disease that occurs in the superficial layers of the epidermis and dermis. At the beginning, the skin becomes red with needle sized red papules on top. It exhibits characteristics such as symmetry, exudation, itching, polymorphism, and recurrence. Eczema is characterized by a diverse and symmetrical distribution of rashes, recurrent severe itching, and a tendency to develop into a chronic condition.
