Should children with diaper rash wear diapers?

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Diaper rash is a common skin abnormality in children that needs to be detected and treated accordingly. Currently, "should children with diaper rash wear diapers or not and the best way to make diapers for children" are common questions asked by parents whose children are using diapers.

1. What is diaper rash?

Diaper rash is a condition in which the excretory system in the baby's skin is blocked because of excessive sweating, leaving this area always in a wet and unventilated state. In addition, when the child urinates in the diaper, if it is not changed regularly and left for a long time, it will also cause diaper rash. More severe, it can cause skin inflammation, discomfort, itching, if the child scratches strongly, it will cause the skin of this area to be rubbed, causing scratches and easily leading to bacterial, fungal or bacteremia. The most common age of children experiencing diaper rash is between 3 and 15 months.
Children with diaper rash often have signs such as: Redness in the diaper area or genitals, and these areas will smell the odor. Diaper rash can spread from the anus to the buttocks, thighs, the skin surface of the diaper rash is often tight, red speckled, with pus. In case the child has superinfection, when going to the toilet will show pain, crying many times a day, poor feeding and difficulty sleeping.
For treatment, it is necessary to depend on the degree of diaper rash of the child. If your baby only has a mild diaper rash, just keep the diaper area clean and dry. In case the rash has more severe manifestations, spreads to many places such as the face, hands and feet, abdomen and shows no signs of remission after 2-3 days, it is necessary to take the child to the doctor immediately.

2. Should children with diaper rash wear diapers?

Closing diapers for children is an extremely useful solution, helping parents to solve the problem of hygiene for children quickly and cleanly. However, in fact, many parents put diapers on their children within 24 hours without changing diapers continuously, making children more susceptible to skin diseases such as skin ulcers, diaper rash, especially on days when there are times. hot and humid weather, summer. Therefore, in order to take advantage of the benefits of diapers without harming the baby's sensitive skin, it is necessary to note some of the following issues:
Choose a good, quality diaper with the right size and material. Suitable, absorbent, clean, safe for children. Limit the wearing of diapers to the maximum extent, encourage going to the toilet at certain times of the day to form good habits for children. Before changing a new diaper for a child, parents need to let the skin in the diaper area be exposed to the surrounding environment for a while before closing the diaper. Change diapers for babies every 1-3 hours. When the child urinates, change the diaper immediately after. When changing a baby's diaper, do not let the diaper rub vigorously against the baby's skin because it will irritate the skin. Do not close the diaper too tightly, the most obvious manifestation is the appearance of diaper marks on the baby's skin. Choose diapers based on your baby's weight to ensure the best size. Before changing diapers, clean and dry the diaper area. Use a small amount of topical diaper rash cream if your baby develops a diaper rash.

In summary, although diapers are one of the most common and useful items for children, solving children's toilet problems, parents also need to pay attention to how to make diapers suitable for children, Make sure to keep it clean to help protect your baby's sensitive skin.

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