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Heat Rash On Neck Of Baby. The rash rarely involves the face palms or soles of the feet. A heat rash occurs when your baby overheats. Sometimes these vesicles become inflamed and swollen causing miliaria pustulosa. Heat rash of the chest can be caused by menthol ointments put on for coughs.
Keep an extra close eye on your babys chest neck diaper area or armpits. Heat rash is a sign that baby is overheated. Sometimes these vesicles become inflamed and swollen causing miliaria pustulosa. Along with the treatment you can use some home remedies to get rid of your babys neck rash faster. After a few days a spotty rash appears on the head or neck and spreads to the rest of the body. The rash is most commonly noticeable in the folds of the skin on the chest stomach neck and where the clothes fit tighter.
Your baby is more likely to develop heat rash in these places because they are the areas that usually produce the most sweat.
Heat rash appears as tiny red bumps around your childs pores in the areas of his skin that tend to get moist or in spots where clothing creates friction such as the folds of his neck upper chest arms legs and his diaper area. After a few days a spotty rash appears on the head or neck and spreads to the rest of the body. This will help soothe the rash on your babys neck. Infection with molluscum contagiosum virus MCV causes the rash. Your babys head or neck is damp from sweat. Heat rash is a sign that baby is overheated.