What should I do if my child’s butt is red and itchy? These methods work great!

Many parents will let their children wear open-crotch pants. Children often play on the ground and sit directly on their buttocks. Due to friction and other reasons, the children's buttocks may become red and itchy. This may be caused by stimulation from certain objects, leading to skin problems on the buttocks. How to solve this problem?

1. What should I do if my child’s buttocks are red and itchy?

Consider eczema, which is an inflammatory skin reaction. It is an itchy disease caused by the presence of dampness and heat in the body, and the clinical manifestations include itching, erythema, desquamation and groups of papules and herpes.

Causes of disease: living environment, climate conditions, cold, hot, damp, dry, genetic, allergic constitution, etc.

Suggestions: I suggest you go to a regular specialist hospital to find out the cause of the disease and use drugs that mainly clear away heat and dampness, and supplement with drugs that dispel wind.

2. Consider that the child has eczema

Eczema manifests as red papules, which may cause redness and swelling of the skin, bran-like desquamation and dry scabs on the papules, and are very itchy.

Suggestions: It is recommended to avoid adverse external stimuli as much as possible, such as washing with hot water, scratching violently, etc.; try not to wear synthetic underwear and fur products; avoid eating allergenic and irritating foods, such as seafood, peppers, alcohol, coffee, etc. Take your child to the hospital for serious treatment.

3. Wearing open-crotch pants is difficult to ensure hygiene

Babies in their early infancy cannot walk yet and are most likely to crawl or sit on the ground, especially in public places. In addition to the dirt visible to the naked eye, these places are actually where pathogens gather in large numbers. At the same time, mutual contact is also a process of contamination. When sitting on the ground, the baby's urethra and anus are likely to be infected with bacteria and viruses, causing urethritis, cystitis, and even nephritis and sepsis in severe cases. In addition, if the baby is not cleaned promptly after urination and defecation, the urine remaining in the urethra and the feces in the anus will get on his hands. These pollutants may be brought into the baby's body through the baby's habitual sucking of his fingers, which may cause respiratory and digestive tract diseases in the baby. It is best for parents to wash their baby's butt with clean water after defecation to ensure hygiene. It is important to cultivate the good habit of washing hands before meals and after defecation in children.

4. Wear open-crotch pants and be careful about safety issues

Wearing open-crotch pants means that the baby's buttocks lose a protective barrier, especially when the child is crawling, toddling or even bumping into and playing, which may cause the genitals to collide or rub. In addition, mosquitoes are rampant in the summer, and open-crotch pants are likely to cause the baby's genitals to be bitten by mosquitoes, or may cause problems such as insect bite dermatitis.