What to do if your child has bacterial balanitis

Children are more active and often run around, getting their bodies dirty and covered with bacteria. In addition, most children do not like to take a bath, so many children are prone to bacterial infections. Many boys do not take a bath regularly and clean their private parts, which makes them prone to bacterial balanitis. Balanitis can induce urinary tract infection, so parents must pay attention to it. So, what should we do if children have bacterial balanitis?

The most common cause of balanitis in children is bacterial or fungal infection caused by improper cleaning of the penis. If children do not pay attention to hygiene and do not clean their external genitalia regularly, the secretions of the sebaceous glands of the foreskin will accumulate under the foreskin, which can easily induce balanitis. The inflammation may even go back up along the urethra and cause a urinary tract infection. In this regard, it is important for parents to understand the causes, symptoms and prevention and treatment measures of balanitis.

The main symptoms of balanitis in children are pain or itching in the penis, white discharge, and redness and moisture in the genital area. In addition, uncircumcised boys may experience swelling of the glans penis and foreskin. In this regard, patients can be cured in about seven days by using common drugs such as antifungal, antibiotics or oral antibiotics. It is worth reminding that in order to avoid recurrence of balanitis in children, the key is to pay attention to the child's personal hygiene or local hygiene after recovery, to ensure that it is clean, change to looser underwear, and avoid using some irritating things.

Phimosis and excessive foreskin in children will make it difficult to clean the glans, thus increasing the chance of balanitis. In this regard, parents should pay more attention to the condition of their children's foreskin. Phimosis refers to the long foreskin and narrow foreskin opening. The foreskin cannot be turned up and the glans penis cannot be exposed. Most boys are born with phimosis. If it is not effectively treated during the child's growth stage, it may lead to other diseases, such as hypospadias or epispadias. However, most children with physiological phimosis have almost no abnormal feeling. If they have abnormal feeling, it may be an abnormal symptom caused by physiological phimosis and they need to seek medical attention in time. The treatment of phimosis and prepuce that can easily cause balanitis in children is actually relatively simple. However, if parents do not pay enough attention and do not give their children timely treatment, their children will often suffer from balanitis, which will seriously affect their physical and mental health. In this regard, it is recommended that parents should pay attention to this and pay more attention to the condition of their children's foreskin and the hygiene of their reproductive parts. Once they find that their children have symptoms of balanitis, they should take their children to a regular hospital for examination, find out the cause, and treat the symptoms.