Man, oh man....summer is on, which would be a really great thing for a sunlover like me....if, IF I wouldn't suffer from sweat itch, or what the American teacher calls prickly heat. What a cute name for this beast of dermatological diseases.
The funny thing is, that I never had such a problem, and I was fine even here in Japan until last summer. Then, for the first time I had it. When I went home to Hungary, I visited my dermatologist to save me. She was actually surprised, saying I have a children's disease, as in Hungary (probably due to the climate) it's quite unusual for an adult to have it. Great...
In Japan, however, it's not that unusual at all. I see people with sweat induced rashes all the time. Adults just as much as children. Now I know why they keep the air-conditioners on such ridiculously low temperatures that your ears freeze off when you enter a room or a shopping mall. I would still opt for a milder 25C though. More than ten degrees difference in the outside and inside temperatures can be anything but healthy, not to mention you can't go anywhere without dragging a cardigan or a sweatshirt just in case.
I feel so depressed right now. Last summer I thought this itchy thing would be a one time experience, coz last summer was crazy hot. Turns out, I was wrong. I'm lucky coz I found an ointment my doc gave me last year, and applied it immediately. But if every summer I gonna get rashes, then my favorite season of the year will become my least favorite one. I can't believe it. Me?!?! Turning into a summer hater?!?!?!
I want to go back and live in Hungary...asap... (T_T)
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Sajnos ismerős a dolog...:( Angliában a májusi hőségben rajtam is kijött vmi napkiütés szerű viszketegség,és az ottani doki nem tudott mit kezdeni vele... :S
Remélem idén sikerül enyhítened a bajt - és a jövőben is! Jobbulást, Dali!
Sajnos ismerős a dolog...:( Angliában a májusi hőségben rajtam is kijött vmi napkiütés szerű viszketegség,és az ottani doki nem tudott mit kezdeni vele... :S
Remélem idén sikerül enyhítened a bajt - és a jövőben is! Jobbulást, Dali!
Amazing. I have the same thing! I never had this problem before I moved to Japan six years ago, but every summer it gets a little bit worse. I never worried about it because it always disappeared at the end of the summer. But this summer my girlfriend noticed it and explained what it was. I didn't believe her, so I googled "ASEMO" and found your website. Now I know. But why is it relatively more common in Japan than the rest of the world???
Amazing. I have the same thing! I never had this problem before I moved to Japan six years ago, but every summer it gets a little bit worse. I never worried about it because it always disappeared at the end of the summer. But this summer my girlfriend noticed it and explained what it was. I didn't believe her, so I googled "ASEMO" and found your website. Now I know. But why is it relatively more common in Japan than the rest of the world???
Sorry to answer late to your comment. It's not only Japan I believe. Heat rashes are common in countries with humid weather. In Japan humidity comes with the rainy season and stays all summer. I heard Florida has high humidity all year, so probably people there have this skin trouble there too. Soth East Asian countries tend to be very humid too.
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