What medicine should be used for children's genital itching

As we all know, gynecological diseases often lead to vaginal itching, but few people know that children can also have vaginal itching problems. If children's underwear is mixed with that of women with infectious gynecological diseases, children are likely to have genital itching problems. Such situations are very likely to cause vaginal inflammation problems in young children. So what medicine should be used for children’s genital itching? Let’s take a look at it together.

The main symptoms of vaginitis in young children include itching of the vulva and vagina and increased vaginal discharge. Because infants and young children cannot express their symptoms correctly, they often scratch the vulva with their fingers, which further spreads the infection through their fingers and scratches. The mucous membranes of the vulva, urethral orifice, and vaginal orifice are congested and edematous, with purulent secretions. However, it is also possible that the child is neglected by parents during the acute phase, or because the symptoms are mild, adhesion of the labia minora may occur after the acute phase. When adhesion occurs, small holes are left above or below, and urine flows out of the small holes. Vaginal foreign bodies can cause excessive vaginal discharge, which may be bloody, purulent, and have a foul odor. Vaginitis caused by pinworms causes severe itching of the vulva and anus, and a large amount of thin, yellow, purulent discharge from the vagina.

To prevent young girls from getting vaginitis, parents must start with it. Normally, the vulva of young girls should be kept clean and hygienic, water tools should be used by one person only, and underwear should not be washed together. Young girls should wear cotton underwear, not nylon or chemical fiber underwear. Cotton underwear has good breathability, while nylon and chemical fiber underwear are very tight and not conducive to breathability of the perineum. At the same time, active treatment measures should be taken for young girls suffering from pinworm infection. By paying attention to these issues, the incidence of vaginitis in young girls will be significantly reduced.

Parents must pay attention if their children have these problems!

Children with juvenile vulvovaginitis often have three things in common:

(1) Abnormal secretions, which are often manifested as more yellow, brown, or pink secretions on the underwear. Parents often discover this when they are washing the underwear of their children.

(2) Vulvar itching is the most common complaint among children. Most children will scratch their vulva involuntarily with their hands, so local scratches, scabs and skin thickening can often be found during examination.

(3) Vulvar pain is often seen in children with acute vulvovaginitis. It manifests as local tingling, especially during urination. The pain is particularly severe due to the local irritation of urine.

The diagnosis is not difficult. For children with the above symptoms, a detailed local examination will be conducted, including the condition of the vulvar skin and secretions.

In terms of treatment, it is mainly necessary to remove some of the high-risk factors listed above according to the cause of the disease, maintain personal hygiene, perform foreign body removal surgery if there is any, and choose sensitive antibiotics based on the results of bacteriological examination of vaginal secretions. Local medication is mainly used, such as various ointments containing antibiotics, etc., combined with local sitz baths with bactericides (potassium permanganate, benzalkonium chloride, etc.). Oral antibiotics can be chosen for treatment of severe children.