What is Prickly Heat Rash?
Prickly heat occurs when the narrow ducts that carry sweat to the skin’s surface get clogged. The trapped sweat causes inflammation, which produces irritation which includes itching and a cluster of very small blisters. Prickly heat also can appear as large, reddened areas of skin. Prickly heat often occurs during the summer season. You can prevent and stop prickly heat rash when you read more about how you can stop excessive sweating forever. When the sweat is blocked from the skin’s surface, it cannot escape causing blood toxins in that location to increase. This reason the pores get clogged is due to dead skin cells or bacteria such as Staphylococcus epidermidis, a common bacterium that occurs on the skin which is associated with acne. How this occurs in not widely knows but what is known is that it always happens during prolonged periods of sweating. This can be environmental (hot weather, high humidity) and/or physiological (exertion, workouts, working outdoors). Prickly heat is a
