Prickly heat

We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about dyshidrotic eczema – the tiny, itchy bumps that can cover your fingers and feet.

But Dr Lauren Hamilton and Dr Miriam Adebibe of Shoreditch-based skin clinic, Victor & Garth, said that some of us might notice itchy bumps for other reasons in the summer.

“Those tiny, itchy bumps that can form on the skin after being in the heat are tell-tale signs of heat rash,” Dr Hamilton said.

Also known as prickly heat or miliaria, the condition often comes about in hot weather (such as our recent series of heatwaves).

How can you spot heat rash from other rashes?

Heat rashes are only one cause of itchy bumps (no matter what you think the cause may be, itching that affects your daily life should always be addressed by a GP).

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