Heat rash, also known as prickly heat or sweat rash, is a common name for a skin condition called miliaria. This is a rash ...

Miliaria rubra is a type of heat rash or prickly heat that happens when sweat becomes trapped under the skin. Children tend to get it more than adults because their sweat glands are still developing.

Sweat is unable to get through the pores of the skin, which becomes irritated and causes a rash to develop. There are different severities of heat rash. The mildest and most common types look like ...

“Warm and humid conditions can favour fungal growth particularly in skin folds and sweat prone areas. Jock itch or ringworm ...