How To Protect Children’s Skin And Hair During Hot And Humid Season

 

During the summer and rainy season in most parts of the US, people experience a humid, warm, and damp climate. Because of this hot and humid climate, caregivers of a preschool in walnut, CA has observed that preschoolers often suffer from various skin and hair problems. Causes of these problems are mainly due to bacterial, fungal, or viral infection. Since children have delicate skin; they are vulnerable to these problems.

 

Most of the times children bring these skin and hair infections from school. Preschool caregivers in a kindergarten in Walnut, CA, say that many parents do not know how to tackle these problems. He has given some practical tips to parents on how to prevent and treat common rashes that affect children the most.

 

Heat rash is the most common summer skin problem in preschoolers. It causes small red bumps on the skin. It appears most often on the neck, buttocks, and skin folds. Heat rash is caused due to the clogging of sweat glands. Children if engaged in intense exercise or physical activities in summer or exposed too much in summer, may cause excessive sweat. Due to the accumulation of dirt and oil, the skin pores become blocked and when the sweat cannot come out it causes the rash. Heat rash which is also called prickly heat is a common simple skin problem but it may turn serious if it is not treated early. Itching is the common symptom of this rash. Children sometimes itch their skin so hard that it scratches, bleeds and serious infection occurs. Help your children to keep their skin clean to get rid of this problem and if needed take them to a skin specialist.

 

Teachers of a preschool at Walnut, CA,  reminds parents that while the children enjoy outdoor activity parents must apply sun protection lotions on their children to protect the soft and sensitive skin from ultraviolet rays of the sun, else it may cause sunburn, sun blister, and in acute cases skin cancer.

 

Greasy hair is a common hair problem of the hot and humid summer. Children run and jump a lot. It causes excessive sweating during summer when it is too hot outside and the frequent rain enhances the humidity of the air. Like the skin of our body, our scalp too has sweat glands. So, children’s heads also sweat a lot like the other part of the body. If it is not cleaned properly it may cause dandruff and hair loss. So parents of preschoolers are advised to wash their children’s hair every day with mild baby shampoo when they come back from school. After that, properly brush and comb the hair of your children to keep it tangle-free so that adequate air can get a chance to circulate inside the hair and this keeps all these problems at bay.

 

Head lice are a common hair problem that affects preschool children. Lice are insects that attach to the hair, bite and cause itching. Head lice spread very fast from one head to another. So as soon as children are affected, it affects their family also. Use medicated shampoo to get rid of it.