What should I do if my baby's butthole is red?

Some babies have health problems, so they need to pay attention to take appropriate measures in time to ensure their health and avoid dangerous situations caused by their physical illness. Especially for the problem of baby's red buttocks, they need to pay attention to safety. So what should I do if the baby's buttocks is red? Let me introduce this issue to you below.

1. Wash first. When washing your baby's buttocks, use warm water instead of soap to reduce local irritation. Keep the area dry and change diapers frequently.

2. Choose diapers that are of appropriate size, soft and absorbent, such as good quality disposable diapers or cotton diapers. Do not use plastic sheets, rubber pads or other items with poor ventilation under the buttocks.

3. After cleaning the red buttocks, apply disinfected pepper oil or tannic acid ointment locally. If erosion occurs, you can use a baking light bulb locally. Once a day, 15-20 minutes each time, be careful to avoid burns.

How to prevent "red buttocks"

Red buttocks are also called diaper rash. Because the skin of a newborn is soft, if the diaper is not changed or the buttocks are not wiped in time after urination or defecation, the baby's skin will be irritated by urine and feces and soaked in wet diapers, causing rashes. In severe cases, skin peeling or skin erosion may occur. The best way to prevent diaper rash is to change diapers frequently, iron and wash used diapers, and then dry them in the sun to keep them clean and soft.

After the child urinates or defecates, the buttocks and perineum should be washed and dried. Use a cotton swab dipped in sesame oil to apply to the baby's buttocks and perineum (for baby boys, be sure to apply to the lower part and both sides of the testicles), and finally to the anus, to form a thin layer of sesame oil film, which has a good protective effect on the skin of the newborn and can avoid or reduce the phenomenon of skin flooding.

How to care for "red buttocks"

If there is only diffuse redness or maculopapular rash around the anus, you can gently wash and dry it with gauze dipped in clean warm water after defecation, apply tannic acid ointment or antibiotic ointment to the affected area, or apply sesame oil, peanut oil, etc., and then change into a clean diaper. Apply 4-6 times a day and it will be cured in 2-4 days. Note: Do not use powders such as talcum powder or talcum powder on the affected area, because the powder combined with urine will directly irritate the skin. If erosion or exudation has occurred, you should go to the hospital for further examination and treatment.

The above is my opinion on this issue that I introduced to you. If the baby has the above problems, then the baby needs to pay attention to take appropriate methods for treatment in time, so as to ensure the health of the baby's body and avoid the problem that the baby's body is also affected by the above problems. Finally, I wish the baby a speedy recovery.