Prevention of sweating during Arbaeen walk and its treatment

These days are the departure days of the pilgrims of the enlightened court of Agha Aba Abdullah al-Hussein (AS). The same large congregation who, in order to show their devotion to this noble Imam, went through a lot of hardships and traveled to Karbala on foot.

According to Fars, we are in the third month of summer, but the heat is still annoying, especially in the tropical regions of the country. These days are the departure days of the pilgrims of the enlightened court of Agha Abba Abdullah al-Hussein (a.s.). The many people who, out of love to show their devotion to this noble imam, go through a long way and travel to Karbala on foot.
In the meantime, due to walking several tens of kilometers, that too in hot weather, various physical problems such as burning of body parts occur for the people participating in the walk.

What does sweating mean?

When it is said that the skin is sweaty, when small grains appear on the body skin. In appearance, these grains can resemble small pimples, tiny blisters, or dense spots similar to superficial skin burns.

Heartburn is actually a kind of skin inflammation that can lead to painful itching, burning skin, tiredness or feeling tired in the body.

Why does the body sweat?

The problem of skin burning occurs when the sweat produced by the sweat glands cannot escape and evaporate due to the blockage of the surface pores of the skin. This problem causes the sweat drops to stay in the lower layers of the skin and cause superficial inflammation on the skin, which is called heat rash or burning sweat.

Burning skin is a very common problem that can be solved by cooling the body, drinking enough water, taking a cold shower or simple home remedies. But in some cases, it becomes infected due to the attack of disease-causing bacteria that already exist on the surface of the skin. In such cases, in addition to primary treatments, antibiotics will be needed, which of course is the responsibility of the doctor.

Methods to prevent skin from burning sweat

With a few simple recommendations, you can prevent this problem on the skin.

1. Avoid prolonged exposure to hot weather

Undoubtedly, warming up the body is directly related to sweating. Burning sweat is also caused by intense sweating and blockage of sweat ducts on the skin. Therefore, the easiest way to prevent this problem is to not be exposed to sunlight as much as possible on hot days. That is, don’t let your body overheat and need to sweat to cool itself.

1. Keep your body hydrated

In other words, drink enough water during the day. This makes the body stay cooler and sweat less. Also, drinking enough water prevents the skin from becoming dry and vulnerable. In this way, excessive sweating does not lead to burning or deepening of this problem.

1. Use cotton clothes

This suggestion is also true for basic clothes. Also about underwear. As mentioned earlier, wearing too much of the skin with clothes or not having enough contact with the air causes the skin to sweat or aggravate this problem.

1. Take a shower with lukewarm water after heavy physical activity and sweating

One of the ways to prevent sweat on the skin after intense physical activity is to take a shower with moderate water that tends to be cold. This work initially leads to cooling of the body, which reduces the intense activity of the sweat glands; Then it cleans the skin of the body and opens its pores to let sweat out.

1. Keep the environment cool

In the hot seasons of the year, it is normal to sweat either indoors or outdoors. For this reason, the possibility of skin burning in this condition is very high. The problem of excessive sweating occurs for some people even in sleep. Therefore, it is better to always have a simple cooling device such as a fan working in hot seasons or in areas with humid and humid weather. In this way, air circulation and ventilation prevents the body from sweating.

Home remedies to treat heartburn

• Compress with cold water or ice cubes

Generally, cooling the skin affected by burning sweat is the first method to treat its itching and burning. Therefore, the best thing is to either take a cold shower or put a cold water bag on the sweaty area. You can also wrap a few ice cubes in a clean cloth, then place it on the inflamed skin.

• Body wash with oatmeal

This is one of the best home remedies for heartburn. If the body suffers from intense sweating that cannot be relieved by a simple cold shower, the best thing to do is to use oat powder. For this purpose, grind a cup of oats and pour it into a tub full of lukewarm water.

Mix the oat powder thoroughly with water until the water turns milky. After washing your body with soap and water, sit in this tub for 20 minutes to half an hour. Then dry your body with a light and soft cotton towel.

If you don’t have a bathtub, just apply oatmeal mixed with water after showering with a clean towel to the areas of the body that are sweaty.

Even if your body is not sweating, but you are prone to this problem due to the weather where you are or the intensity of your physical activity, using oatmeal with water can help prevent this problem.

• Clean the skin with a baking soda solution

In this part of the introduction of ways to treat heartburn, we will talk about baking soda. One of the properties of baking soda is skin exfoliation. To open blocked channels on the skin, it is enough to dissolve a teaspoon of baking soda in a cup of cold water; Then apply this solution on the sweaty areas with a clean cotton cloth. Let the cloth soaked in water and baking soda stay on the skin for 5 to 10 minutes. This method is one of the best ways to treat heartburn for babies.

• Rubbing aloe vera gel on sweaty areas

Aloe vera is a plant with many properties. Cooling and relieving superficial skin problems or first degree burns are part of these properties. You can also use aloe vera gel if the skin burns. Just apply aloe vera gel on the sweaty areas for 20 minutes, then take a cold shower.

• Using chickpea flour paste

One of the properties of chickpea flour is moisture absorption. Therefore, this food item can also be effective in the treatment of heartburn. For this purpose, you can make a paste from the combination of chickpea flour with cold water, which can be applied on the skin to help relieve the superficial inflammation of the skin and gradually eliminate the burning problem.

• Putting cucumber pulp on the skin

Using cucumber is extremely effective for solving the problem of burning body sweat for two reasons. First, this fruit has cooling properties; For this reason, it can relieve inflammation, burning and itching of the skin caused by sweating.

Cucumbers are also full of water. Therefore, it is logical that what can be consumed orally or superficially can help to supply the interstitial water of the body. For this reason, to treat heartburn, you can eat cucumber and cut it into rings or grate it and put its pulp on the skin.

• Using rose water

Rose water helps to balance the pH of the skin. You can mix water and rose water in equal proportions and add a little honey to it. Then pour this mixture into an ice mold and put it in the freezer. After freezing, wrap the ice pack in a clean cotton towel and place it on the affected area.

• Rubbing yogurt on sweaty skin

Yogurt also has anti-fungal, anti-microbial and cooling properties. Therefore, it works very effectively to solve the problem of burning sweat. Just rub the cooled sweet yogurt on the sweaty skin. After 15 minutes, wash the skin with plain water and dry it with a clean cotton towel.

• Using calamine ointment or hydrocortisone cream

Which ointment is the best for sweating? In some cases, the severity of skin inflammation due to sweating is so high that it becomes unbearable to tolerate the burning and itching caused by it. Due to the fact that most of the home treatments for heartburn require time and repetition to be effective, if the intensity of your heartburn is very high, you can use calamine ointment or hydrocortisone cream.

You can get these two products from pharmacies without a doctor’s prescription and use them until your skin condition improves, and it is the definitive treatment for burning sweat.

• Treating heartburn at home using antibacterial soap

In most cases, the treatment of heartburn does not require any special medicine, but if you are among those who suffer from heartburn in the hot weather, you need to pay more attention to your skin to avoid its effects. One of the most common side effects of heartburn is subsequent infections. So, in the first step, when you feel that your body is burning with sweat, it is better to use antibacterial soaps.

The important thing when using antibacterial soaps is to do it if your skin is not injured. Otherwise, you will face a lot of burning and it is better not to use this method.

• Drinking lemon juice to treat heartburn

Note that heartburn occurs due to excessive sweating of the body and if you reduce the internal heat of the body, you will encounter much less heartburn. lemonade In addition to its antibacterial properties, it can be very useful for cooling the body.

Therefore, in the hot seasons of the year, you can reduce the internal temperature of your body over time by drinking a few glasses of lemon juice every day and treat heartburn.

• Using raw potatoes to treat heartburn

If you put a raw potato on your skin for a few minutes during the day and when you are faced with burning sweat, you will be safe from burning and spreading it.

• Use of ointments containing salicylic acid

Some ointments contain salicylic acid, which you can use to treat heartburn. Note that this substance will cause skin rashes to dry over time and new skin will replace it.