What to do if your child's urethra is red and swollen

If parents do not pay attention to their children's hygiene, their children are prone to redness and swelling of the urethra, especially for girls. Parents should pay more attention to this. After all, boys and girls have different reproductive anatomy. Girls' urethra are shorter and more vulnerable to bacteria. Once redness and swelling of the urethra occur, parents must take their children to the hospital for examination in time, give them medication in time, and pay attention to personal hygiene.

Cooperate with doctors to take medicine

Babies with urethritis often have fever. In addition to using medication to reduce fever, physical cooling methods such as warm water baths, alcohol baths, and applying a cold wet towel to the forehead can also be used. Feed your baby boiled water frequently. The increased urine volume will help flush the urethra, leaving no place for bacteria to take root, and allow bacterial toxins and inflammatory secretions to be excreted. Many antibiotics have certain side effects, such as nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, diarrhea, etc. You can take the medicine after meals to reduce side effects on the gastrointestinal tract.

Scientific Home Care

If the baby has a fever, he needs to rest in bed; if there is no general discomfort, he can exercise appropriately. Change diapers frequently and keep the perineum clean and dry. Diapers should be scalded with boiling water and dried in the sun. It is best to boil the diapers for disinfection when it is cloudy. The baby's buttocks need to be cleaned after each bowel movement. If there is an ulcer in the perineum, it should be cleaned with 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution and then applied with chloramphenicol ointment. Carefully observe the urine color, urine volume, frequency of urination and pain when urinating, and check for drug reactions such as vomiting, nausea, rash, etc., and report these to your doctor promptly.

Bacterial urethritis

Bacterial urethritis is divided into acute and chronic types. The acute phase is mainly manifested by fever, frequent and urgent urination, stinging, short, yellow and red urination, difficulty urinating or hematuria, etc. Children in the chronic stage may also show symptoms such as pale complexion, listlessness, fatigue, developmental delay, and anemia. If a child suffers from bacterial urethritis and is not treated in time, the toxins will remain in the body and damage the internal organs, such as the heart and liver; if the toxins seep into the blood, it may also cause sepsis.

There are four aspects to note:

1. Children should take a bath regularly, change their underwear regularly, and rinse their vulva with warm water every night. Adults should avoid sharing towels, basins and other toiletries with children. 2. Children should engage in appropriate physical exercise to improve their body's disease resistance and actively treat various infectious diseases. 3. After a child suffers from a urinary tract infection, the child should rest in bed during the acute phase, drink plenty of water, and excrete bacteria and toxins in the body through urination. 4. Parents should pay attention to changes in the child's urine volume, urine color and urination frequency. If the child experiences nausea, vomiting and other reactions, they should report to the doctor in time for diagnosis and treatment. Children with bacterial urethritis should choose foods that clear away heat and detoxify, and have diuresis and reduce swelling. The "Silver Flower and Light Bamboo Soup" provided by the experts of Kewai Nutrition and Health Express has a good effect in treating bacterial urethritis.