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Diarrhea is one of the complications that parents are less concerned about. If diarrhea is not treated promptly, the rash can spread, progress more severely and cause other dangerous complications.
1. What is Diarrhea?
Diarrhea is a very common digestive disease in children, with the risk of causing many complications and easily leading to death in many areas, most of which are developing countries. The disease can occur at any age, but severe cases of diarrhea are more common in children under 2 years of age. To treat diarrhea, it is necessary to combine medication, fluid rehydration, and a reasonable diet.
Complications that parents often have subjective psychology for this disease is diaper rash due to diarrhea. This is a condition in which the skin around the child's anus is inflamed and red during diarrhea, so it is necessary to detect it in time to have the right treatment and care for the diaper rash. ulcers, urinary tract infections, and more seriously, sepsis.
According to many statistics, diarrhea causing skin rash is more common in children under 3 years old and boys are more susceptible than girls. Vaginal sores due to diarrhea are at high risk for children with more than 10 diarrhea in 24 hours. In addition, bottle-fed babies or parents who use diapers incorrectly also cause skin rashes during diarrhea. Because the anus is an area that is not directly exposed, it is difficult to observe and detect early skin rash caused by diarrhea.
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2. Diarrhea causes skin rash
The cause that diarrhea causes diaper rash is because the skin around the child's anus is a site of much contact with irritants. When a child has diarrhea, if not cleaned properly, the skin around the anus will be wet with the child's feces and urine. In the feces and urine of children, there are microorganisms, intestinal enzymes, and ammonia that are irritating to the skin, causing this area of skin to be red, red, and long-term leading to skin ulcers. In addition, children are subjects with thin, sensitive skin, the skin's ability to protect against inflammatory substances is very low, so it creates favorable conditions for diaper rash due to diarrhea. For the case of using the wrong diaper or choosing a diaper size that is too tight for the child, it will cause the anal skin to rub, causing diaper rash due to diarrhea.
Some clinical forms of diaper rash caused by diarrhea are:
Acute diarrhea causing skin rash: Children often have skin rashes after 2 - 5 days of diarrhea, at this time the skin around the anus is red, ulcerated, discharge, pus, or blood. Children often feel pain during defecation, fussy many times a day, poor feeding, little sleep. Superinfected skin rash: At this time, the diaper rash is ulcerated, forming pus along with a number of other systemic manifestations such as high numbers of children, the appearance of pus-filled foci for a long time. Widespread rash: The rash spreads to the groin area on both sides and the child's external genitals, ulcers appear, oozes, the child has a urinary tract infection, causing some urinary disorders such as burning, burning, urination. difficult ... accompanied by typical signs of infection is fever.
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3. Treatment of diaper rash caused by diarrhea
If the diaper rash is caused by mild diarrhea, there is only a red rash in the first days after the diarrhea stops, you can apply diaper rash cream to the child to smooth the skin around the anus, fight inflammation and treat specific infections. with bruises. Some diaper rash creams that can be used during this period are Sudocrem, Bepanthen, Skinbibi... Besides, parents also need to pay attention to regular cleaning of the anal area, dry it after the child cleans and Keep the baby's private area dry, especially before applying diaper rash medicine. The drug usually shows a noticeable effect after about 1-2 days of taking the drug.
If the rash is severe and develops into an ulcer, the use of diaper rash cream is no longer effective. At this time, it is necessary to use drugs with strong bactericidal properties to solve the ulcer.
In case the skin rash does not respond to antibacterial drugs, it is necessary to take the child to a hospital with a dermatology specialty to have the doctor examine and diagnose the severity of the disease, from which a topical medication is prescribed to fight inflammation. in combination with appropriate antibiotics.
Diarrhea skin rash is a condition that occurs after a child has diarrhea, which, if not treated promptly, can cause infection and other dangerous systemic complications. As soon as they notice that the child has abnormal symptoms, parents should take the child to a hospital with expertise in dermatology for early diagnosis and treatment.
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