Miliaria WisdomCard™

Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Miliaria and compiled helpful research notes below.

Research Notes on Miliaria

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Fast Facts:

• Miliaria occurs when the sweat gland ducts get plugged due to dead skin cells or bacteria such as Staphylococcus epidermidis.
• Symptoms include small red rashes, called papules.
• The papules may itch or more often cause an intense "pins-and-needles" prickling sensation.

What is Miliaria?

• eMedicine: Miliaria - Introduction
• WiseGeek: What is Prickly Heat?
• Mamas Health: Heat Rash
• WebMD: Heat Rash - Topic Overview
• Wikipedia: Miliaria

What Are The Symptoms of Miliaria?

• WebMD: Understanding Heat Rash - Symptoms
• AHealthyMe: Causes and symptoms
• Health in Plain English: Symptoms of Prickly Heat
• WrongDiagnosis: Symptoms of Heat rash
• MedFamily.org: Signs and Symptoms

What Are The Causes and Complications of Miliaria?

• HealthWise: What causes heat rash?
• SkinSite: Causes
• InnateHealth: Miliaria Causes
• The Merck Manuals: Miliaria Causes
• OrlandoSkinDoc: What Causes It?

What Are The Treatments and Medications for Miliaria?

• eMedicine: Miliaria - Treatment
• WebMD: Understanding Heat Rash - Treatment
• Online Skincare Tips: Heat Rash Treatment
• University of Maryland: Rash Treatment - child under 2 years
• University of Michigan: Heat Rash Treatment

What Are The Holistic and Alternative Treatments for Miliaria?

• iVillage: Herbal Cures: Heat Rash
• eHow: How to Treat Prickly Heat Rash
• Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine: Treatment
• BabyCenter: How should I treat heat rash?
• eHow: Treat Heat Rash in Adults

What Are The Types, Stages and Survival Rates of Miliaria?

• Global Skin Atlas: Types of Maliaria
• About: Heat Rash Types
• eMedicine: The 3 types of miliaria

How Do You Prevent Miliaria?

• MotherNature: Heat Rash Prevention
• CareMark: How can I prevent heat rash?
• AZCentral: Tips for avoiding prickly heat
• ADAM: Infant heat rash prevention
• A.D.A.M. (via The New YorkTimes): Infant Heat Rash Prevention

Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Miliaria

• GatewaySpas: Quick tips to avoid heat rash
• Deccan Herald: Go away prickly heat!
• BlogSpot: Baby Powder
• BlogSpot: Man, oh man! Or should I say, "Baby, oh baby!"

Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Miliaria

• RevolutionHealth: What can I use to ease my baby's heat rash?
• Yahoo Answers: How can I prevent & treat a prickly heat rash?
• MedHelp: Eczema, Milaria Heat Rash?
• WrongDiagnosis Forums: Wierd heat rash

Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Miliaria

• JAMA: Miliaria
• PubMed Central Search: Miliaria
• IngentaConnect: Miliaria crystallina in an intensive care setting
• Google Scholar:Miliaria Articles