Hydrocortisone

Hydrocortisone is a type of medicine that helps your body feel better when you're hurting or have an itchy rash. It's sort of like a superhero that comes to rescue you when you are sick or hurt. It works by reducing the swelling and redness that happens when your body is trying to fight off something bad, like a bug bite or a skin allergy.

This medicine comes in different forms, like a cream or a lotion that you rub on your skin, or a pill that you swallow. The cream and lotion are used for things like bug bites, rashes, and eczema, while the pills are used for more serious medical conditions like allergies, inflammation, or diseases that affect your immune system.

But, like with any superhero, hydrocortisone also have some bad guy things called side effects. That means it can make you feel sick or cause other problems if you use it too much or in the wrong way. So, it's important to always use it exactly as the doctor or the pharmacist tells you to.

All in all, hydrocortisone is a medicine that can help you feel better when you have an itchy, sore, or red spot on your skin, but you have to be careful with it and only use it under the supervision of an adult or a doctor.