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Heat rash or prickly heat can occur when the skin overheats. Sweat gets clogged in pores on certain parts of the body where kids and adults sweat the most. Heat rash is tiny blotches of red bumps on the skin. You can prevent this from happening by dressing in lightweight fabrics (100 % cotton is best) and not using heavy moisturizers as they can clog the sweat glands and trigger this nasty rash.

Don’t stay out in the heat too long. Cool off now and then. Good compresses on the heat rash or a cool shower helps. Call you doctor is the rash becomes painful, remains reddish in color, or the rash doesn’t disappear in 3 or 4 days. Bacteria in this area can become infected requiring a prescription for an antibiotic.