Baby Heat Rash Symptoms, Causes & More
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Mild Baby Heat Rash Symptoms
Sweat trapped under a baby's skin that irritates the outer layer is a common cause of baby heat rash. However, depending on the depth of the blocked sweat ducts, the symptoms of heat rashes in babies can range from mild with superficial blisters, medium with itchy red bumps to severe with deep, flesh-toned lumps.
The mildest form of heat rash, miliaria crystallina, affects a baby's sweat ducts in the top layer of their skin, known as the epidermis.1‘Heat Rash.’ Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 3 Mar. 2020, www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heat-rash/symptoms-causes/syc-20373276 The main symptoms of this type of baby heat rash are white or clear bumps and blisters filled with clear fluid that break easily.
