Sore children are always sad and hard. This is especially true in cases when the disease has a detrimental effect on the sensitive and intimate areas of the baby. Everyone suffers: children who are ill with discomfort, and sometimes pain, and parents who want to help the child with all their heart, but often without knowing how. Such insidious and dangerous diseases include balanoposthitis in children, which affects only boys.
Symptoms requiring attention
The name "balanoposthitis" is a hybrid of two diseases - postitis, that is inflammation of the prepuce, and balanitis - inflammation of the glans penis. The main causes of balanoposthitis in boys are in infections. Moreover, the infection can have any nature, starting with staphylococcus, ending with even syphilis. Of the causes of balanoposthitis non-infectious nature is worth noting psoriasis, as well as diabetes mellitus.
It is worth noting that the disease has two forms. Thus, acute balanoposthitis in children is manifested, first of all, by a sudden increase in temperature. It can reach 38 degrees. In this case, the symptoms of balanoposthitis in the child are also manifested in the inflammation of the skin of the penis and acute pain. If there is slight redness, swelling, mild pain and persistent itching, it is most likely that balanoposthitis is chronic. This form of the disease can be a consequence of an untreated balanoposthitis, which has already been diagnosed earlier. To the severe consequences of balanoposthitis did not cause the boy problems
in the future, treatment is needed in a timely manner. Even the presence of one of the symptoms of balanoposthitis in a baby or an older child should be the reason for a visit to the doctor.
Treatment and prevention of balanoposthitis
First you need to make sure the child has balanoposthitis. Only the doctor on the basis of examination and analysis establishes this diagnosis. It is worth noting that the treatment of balanoposthitis in children at home is carried out in most cases. Stay in a hospital is not required. If it is established that balanoposthitis in a newborn or an older child does not have a chronic form, that is, it appeared suddenly, then it is not difficult to cope with it. For this purpose, for two to three days a child is given a wash of the penis in the baths from the infusion of chamomile with the addition of furacilin. Rinse should be done not only on schedule, but after each urination. At the same time, the foreskin is not to be removed. This inflammation is stopped quickly, and the consequences are usually not observed. However, the treatment of balanoposthitis in a child, which has developed into a chronic form, is almost impossible. The rinses discussed will only alleviate the pain and relieve the disturbing symptoms. When you know for sure that balanoposthitis is chronic, surgical intervention is recommended - circumcision of the prepuce. Complaints after this usually stop.
Parents to note
The main rule that parents of newborn boys should understand is that in the case of the first manifestation of balanoposthitis, it must be stopped immediately. Delaying or ignoring this intimate problem will lead to chronic form. Do not forget that the best prevention of balanoposthitis is the observance of the hygiene of the newborn from the first days, the timely treatment of infectious diseases and the planned regular visit to the pediatrician.
A newborn boy is a man in miniature. From his mother and father depends on his masculine health, and, consequently, the future.