HEAT PROBLEMS – SKINS SENSITIVITY
Leave your children at home or with a relative or friend when you go shopping on hot days, or else take them with you.
And don’t forget that your dog may have even more trouble coping.
We sweat or perspire (whatever your preference) most of the time but this is invisible. It becomes obvious only when excessive.
Some people sweat more than others and this can be embarrassing and unpleasant.
Although hot weather increases the amount of perspiration, it allows you to wear lighter clothes and footwear.
In humid weather, evaporation of sweat is impaired and so the body may be bathed in this fluid. Tight clothing can irritate the skin and lead to the condition known as prickly heat or Miliaria rubra.
Some skins are more sensitive than others. Wearing loose, light clothing and bathing frequently in cool or cold water, without soap, may be all that is necessary to prevent or treat this condition. Drying the skin thoroughly will prevent chafing and applying talcum powder will also help.
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