Common summer skin problems and How to handle them – Dr. Tina Ramachander



So, some one is a car in most of the people are taking a vacation and sun is at its harshest, so the basic precaution would be a sun protection which will give you a prevention from the summer skin problems. The first one would be a Sunburn which is a very common condition which we encounter during this summer and the best precaution would be at 10 to 4 avoidance of the sun exposure. Now that is something which is not achievable by most of them so that others think like wearing full armed sleeved clothes which is the preferably white in color, can use the umbrella, there are uv protective clothing also now a days and you could also use proper sunscreen according to your skin type. The sunscreen is something the quantity of which is very important, so we usually advocate a sunscreen which has both UVA, UVB, filters and a physical block that makes a complete sunscreen and then you will have to use the fingertip unit quantity for face and double the quantity for your hands, you have to apply and re apply. The next thing which is commonly encountered would be sweat rash that is your having excessive sweating in the sun and the Sweat glands are blocked and because of that you develop the small little tiny red bums on the skin which are extremely itchy and is commonly called as prickly heat. It happens both in pediatric and the adult group at 4 in children and adults. In children its more common to treat it we try to give the kids a lot of cooling water and try to keep them in an environment which is not exposed to the sun and you also want to do a bit of application creams containing calomel which will give soothing to them. Similarly for the adults also if you follow these precautions the summer red rash can be reduced.

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