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Miliaria, commonly known as heat rash, sweat rash, or prickly heat, is a skin disease marked by small, itchy rashes due to sweat trapped under the skin by clogged sweat-gland ducts. Miliaria is a common ailment in hot and humid conditions, such as in the tropics and during the summer.
Apr 11, 2024 · Heat rash, also known as eccrine miliaria, sweat rash, and prickly heat, is a skin rash that causes the skin to turn red and feel warm or prickly (stinging). It also causes small red dots in the affected skin area in people with lighter skin tones and darker spots in people with darker skin tones.
- Lana Barhum
May 31, 2022 · Once sweat is trapped under the surface of your skin, heat rash may begin to appear. Heat rash is also called prickly heat and miliaria, but it can also be dubbed a “sweat rash”...
Heat rash, also known as prickly heat, is a maculopapular rash accompanied by acute inflammation and blocked sweat ducts. The sweat ducts may become dilated and may eventually rupture, producing small pruritic vesicles on an erythematous base.
Dec 21, 2023 · Heat rash, also called prickly heat or miliaria, is caused by blocked sweat ducts. Here's how to prevent and treat it.
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Jul 1, 2024 · Summer heat can cause heat rash, which is also known sometimes as “prickly heat" or miliaria. Here’s what this red, itchy rash means and how you can prevent and treat it.
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Miliaria, also known as sweat/heat rash or prickly heat is a skin condition caused by blocked or inflamed sweat ducts. Heat rash is common especially in hot, humid or tropical climates.
