Re: Help! my son is getting heat rash so much I'm worried about scars :(

[Guest guest]

If you think they're wrong about the nature of the sore, or it has

progressed to an infection, pediatrician support would be useful.

The pitfall of the hydrocortisone I've heard about is that it

suppresses normal immune response. It's probably just the heat and

humidity, though. Have you done all you can externally? A/C, reduce

clothing?

If it were me and Clara in this situation, I'd give the skin two full

days to heal without a helmet or hydrocortisone, but maybe some other

healing ointment. Then start a helmet break-in schedule (don't ask

me, it's been too long) with hydrocortisone as needed, increasing to

23 hr/day wear with hydrocortisone as needed (and hopefully it won't

be).

Clara's skull was asymmetrical and pretty flexible, and you could see

her head shape lose ground visually even during the daily off hour.

That sort of instant " regression, " I wouldn't worry about. A lot of

us must have it, and you don't hear us complaining of brain damage.

But I wouldn't want to leave the band off for so many days that

internal fluids and tissues shift all the way back to their naturally

balanced configuration, because 1) you'll have to shift it back,

maybe not so gradually as it was done through helmet adjustments; and

2) who knows what that does to the brain. Someone once posted a link

to a letter in a medical journal outlining the outstanding anatomical

questions about helmets in general, but I think this is the specific

instance where concern is warranted: taking the helmet on and off

for extended periods. My experience suggests that those changes

start to happen on the second day, are largely complete in four days,

and minimal changes continue to the tenth day.

Thad Launderville

town, VT

Clara age 2, STARband '10

On Jul 19, 2010, at 4:34 AM, carolinesilvera wrote:

> My son keeps getting heat rash on his forehead. We take the band

> off and wipe it down put it right back on. We use cortisone too. CT

> checked it out and says it's a typical heat rash. They gave those

> recommendations. Does anyone else have any ideas or things that

> worked for them? He gets kind of like a scab on his forehead and I

> am so worried it will scar.

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much ladies!!! Our appt is on Wednesday. Keep your fingers crossed

for us

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> > My son keeps getting heat rash on his forehead. We take the band

> > off and wipe it down put it right back on. We use cortisone too. CT

> > checked it out and says it's a typical heat rash. They gave those

> > recommendations. Does anyone else have any ideas or things that

> > worked for them? He gets kind of like a scab on his forehead and I

> > am so worried it will scar.

>