What should parents do if their child’s vulva is red and itchy?

When women enter puberty, vaginal secretions begin to increase, often accompanied by redness, swelling and itching of the vulva. This is caused by poor personal hygiene. However, many parents will find that their children's vaginas are red, swollen and itchy when bathing them. In this case, it is considered to be caused by inflammation, which requires detailed examination and judgment.

prevention

For young children with vulvovaginitis, the first thing to do is to pay attention to the hygiene of the vulva, bathe regularly, and change underwear frequently; do not touch the vagina with your hands or foreign objects; do not let girls wearing open-crotch pants sit on the ground or crawl on the ground to play, and it is best for girls to wear loose, easy-to-take off closed-crotch pants after the age of 2; do not share towels or bathtubs, and do not take children to swimming pools with complex personnel and dense crowds to take a bath.

【Daily advice】

1. Do not wear open-crotch pants, wear breathable clothes and pants, and wash and change them frequently to maintain hygiene.

2. Clean the vulva after defecation to prevent the feces from not being wiped clean and contaminating the perineum.

3. When cleaning the vulva of a young girl, be gentle and do not use cleaning liquid or soap.

4. Be careful to prevent infection when swimming. You can use PP powder for a sitz bath before and after swimming.

5. Keep adult and children's hygiene products separate to avoid cross infection.

6. Mothers should actively treat their own reproductive system infectious diseases to avoid infecting their children.

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of vulvovaginitis in young women

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this disease is caused by insufficient kidney qi, weak Chong and Ren meridians, and external invasion of dampness and heat, which leads to the dysfunction of the belt meridian. In clinical practice, this disease is often treated according to the principles of kidney yin deficiency, kidney yang deficiency, downward movement of damp-heat, and accumulation of dampness and toxicity.

Principles of TCM treatment: Focus on tonifying the kidney, clearing away heat and removing dampness.

TCM treatment: Damp-heat accumulation

Treatment method: Clear away heat, resolve dampness and relieve itching.