One year old baby's anus is red and painful

Babies are particularly prone to diaper rash when they are young. When a child has diaper rash, the child's buttocks will become red and it is also particularly prone to bacterial infection. It is a more troublesome skin disease. Even when the child is not around, he feels uncomfortable around the buttocks. Diaper rash is what we call red buttocks. So what is the matter with the redness and pain around the buttocks of a one-year-old baby?

1 Caused by getting angry

The baby's anus is normally pink, but it will turn red when there is heat in the intestines. The darker the color, the greater the heat in the baby's body.

Suggestion: Once you find that the area around your baby's anus is red, you should give your baby some vegetables or fruits that can remove heat. Generally, you can use shredded pears or shredded white radish, and let the juice come out for your baby to drink. It is very effective.

2. Improper cleaning of the buttocks

Nowadays, some new mothers fail to clean their baby's butt in time due to lack of experience, while some mothers over-clean and destroy the natural sebum protective film on the baby's butt, giving bacteria and dirt an opportunity to take advantage.

Suggestion: Parents should help their baby clean in moderation, use warm water, keep the baby's buttocks dry, and apply diaper cream after each wash.

3. Diaper changes are not timely

Babies absorb and excrete quickly. Babies need to urinate about 10-14 times a day. If the diaper is not changed in time after each wetness, the skin on the baby's buttocks will be exposed to moisture and heat for a long time, which will cause diaper rash and red anus.

Recommendation: Change diapers every 3 hours, and immediately after the baby has a bowel movement. When changing diapers, clean the baby's butt thoroughly.

4 Causes of diarrhea

Some babies have diarrhea due to lactose intolerance or various other reasons. At this time, the irritants in the feces and urine can also cause the anus to turn red.

Suggestion: If your baby has diarrhea, parents must make sure to clean his or her baby's butt.

5. Allergy Causes

Because some babies have allergic constitutions, and some mothers use diapers containing more chemical fibers for their babies, or often use cleaning solutions, wet wipes and other items containing irritating ingredients, which causes skin allergies on the baby's buttocks. This is also one of the reasons for the redness around the baby's anus.

Recommendation: Avoid using diapers that contain a lot of chemical fibers, and avoid contact with allergens such as cleaning solutions and wet wipes that contain irritating ingredients.

6 What to apply to baby's anus

tea oil

Tea oil is cool in nature and has antibacterial, antipruritic, anti-swelling and moisturizing effects. It is quickly absorbed, non-greasy and odorless when applied to the baby's butt. It has obvious therapeutic effects on redness around the baby's anus.

Method: After washing your baby's butt every day, dry it with a paper towel and apply a thin layer of tea oil. It will usually get better in 3-5 days. Note that it should not be applied when the skin is broken.

Vaseline

When Vaseline is applied on the skin, it can form a film on its surface, which prevents moisture from evaporating and dissipating, keeps the skin moist, and blocks bacteria from the air from coming into contact with the skin, thereby reducing the possibility of infection.

Method: When the area around the baby's anus is red, parents can apply a thin layer of Vaseline to form a protective film around the buttocks to protect the skin from irritation from urine and feces.