Heat Rash

Six of the best sites about heat rashes. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestions at the bottom of the page. (Related searches: Fitness, Health & Wellness, Alternative Medicine, Medical Supplies)

1. Heat Rash at MedicineNet.com - Get complete information on heat rash here including a definition, who’s at the highest risk (babies, older adults, obese, those with pre-existing conditions), what heat rash looks like, pictures of sun damage, treatment, and prevention tips. You can also jump in on patient discussions and share your experiences with heat rash. (www.medicinenet.com)

2. Heat Rash at WebMD.com - Find out what heat rash (or prickly heat) is, what causes it and what the symptoms are. Also find information on diagnosis, treatment and prevention with special emphasis paid to signs of infection, which require immediate doctor’s care. (webmd.com)

3. Heat Rash at BabyCenter.com - Information on heat rash (also known as prickly heat or summer rash) in babies, including what it is, what causes it, why babies and small children are more prone to it, and treatment and prevention tips specifically for babies. (www.babycenter.com)

4. Common Summer Rashes - Learn to identify and treat simple heat rash (or Miliari, prickly heat) with the help of this June 2009 article, which also includes pictures of heat rash. Other rashes are identified and discussed including swimmer’s itch, tinea versicolor, poison ivy, folliculitis (or barber’s rash) and athlete’s foot. (www.suite101.com)

5. Heat Rash at WrongDiagnosis.com - The causes, symptoms, diagnosis and latest treatment of heat rash are featured here along with the misdiagnosis of heat rash. You’ll also find medical textbook excerpts about heat rash, complications of heat rash, rare types of heat rash and the research doctors and specialists that treat heat rash. (www.wrongdiagnosis.com)

6. Heat Rash at MayoClinic.com - Information on heat rash from the staff of one of the country’s premier hospitals — the Mayo Clinic — can be accessed here.  You’ll find symptoms, causes, risk factors, complications, treatment and drugs, prevention, home remedies and when to seek medical advice. (www.mayoclinic.com)