When it comes to urinary tract infections in babies, I think many parents will be surprised, which does not sound like the disease that children will get.
However, in recent years, the incidence of urinary tract diseases in children has been increasing, and infants and young children are more likely to cause urinary tract infections than adults.
Especially for babies under 2 years old, 6-8 months of age is the high incidence period, and female babies are 3-4 times more likely to because of short urethras.
The baby's body has not yet matured, it is very easy to be invaded by germs, at this time, the baby's parents should pay special attention to the baby's private parts.
Not long ago, the vaccine Jun brushed a piece of news, a 9-month-old baby girl, with a high fever for more than 20 days, was finally diagnosed with a urinary tract infection caused by improper diaper replacement.
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Don't think this is just a rare case, in fact, urinary tract infections account for 8.5% of urinary tract diseases in children, ranking fourth.
In the conventional cognition, the mention of "urinary tract infection" seems to be a disease that only adults can get, but I did not expect that such a small baby would also have a urinary tract infection? It's so serious.
So what exactly is a urinary tract infection and how can it be prevented?
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The incidence is high
It's easy to overlook
Urinary tract infection, as the name suggests, is a urethra infected by bacteria.
In fact, as many as 7% of baby girls and 2% of baby boys develop a urinary tract infection before the age of 6, and about 30% of children have a recurrence or even recurrent episode after the first illness.
The female baby's anus is closer to the urethral orifice, and the urethra is short, and when the post-oop cleaning is not in place, this physiological structure is more likely to let the bacteria in the feces enter the urinary system, causing urinary tract infections.
Because the typical urinary tract infection is a symptom of urinary tract irritation such as frequent urination, urgency, and painful urination, or fever with low back pain.
However, babies under 2 years of age usually lack typical symptoms, and the specificity of infants and young children is poor, and sometimes only fever is a symptom.
They can't give feedback on their feelings, unlike older children who can express abdominal pain, urinary pain, etc., and it is more difficult for parents to detect the condition in time.
Fever alone has no other symptoms, and blood routine checks may not necessarily reveal the obvious cause of infection. It will be mistaken for a general bacterial infection or cold, and there is no timely intervention. If a kidney infection is not treated in time, it will cause permanent damage to the kidneys.
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Fever is accompanied by these symptoms
Be wary of urinary tract infections
For most sick babies, unprovoked fever may be the only obvious symptom (about 5% of babies with only fever and no other symptoms are due to a urinary tract infection).
Other symptoms, the baby will not say on the mouth, but the body is a "barometer" will indicate the condition, which abnormal manifestations need attention?
Babies often cry, refuse to breastfeed, and are irritable, most likely because of urinary tract discomfort and pain;
The baby's diaper is changed frequently, but the amount of urine each time is not much, mostly for the performance of urinary frequency and urgency;
Your baby has a diaper rash in his perineum, and the smell on the diaper is a sign of infection.
Reminder: Urinary tract infections in infants and young children will retrogradely infect the kidneys along the urine, so timely intervention is very important. See a doctor in time for the above symptoms.
In daily life, in order to prevent urinary tract infections, you should try to choose regular diapers or cotton panties for your child, avoiding nylon and other types of synthetic materials.
In addition, properly caring for your baby's private parts is the most effective and direct way to prevent urinary tract infections, and many parents may be doing it wrong. Big girl, let's talk about it in detail.
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How to properly take care of your baby's private parts?
Baby girl care methods
For baby girls, cleaning private parts has one of the most important principles - rubbing from front to back, and a tissue can only be used once, not a tissue can be repeatedly wiped back and forth.
Moreover, whether it is a diaper or a diaper, if the baby has feces that are not cleaned up in time, the feces will run to the urethral and vaginal openings, causing infection. Don't let feces remain on your baby in order to save two wet tissues or cotton towels, or for fear of disturbing your baby's sleep.
In addition, when nursing the baby girl, for the baby who is still using diapers, after wiping off the stool, remember to wash it with water. As with the way you wipe your stool, you must also wash from the front to the back, and open the skin folds, wash carefully, and do not let go of any blind spot.
Baby Boy Care Methods
The cleaning of the baby boy's private parts is actually mainly the cleaning of the chicken. And the most difficult thing about cleaning the chicken is actually the topic of torturing the soul - do you want to open the foreskin? The answer is simple, definitely!
However, be sure to be gentle enough when opening your baby's foreskin. You can wrap your thumb and forefinger around the foreskin and gently turn it upwards, and if your baby is in pain or does not cooperate during the process, stop first to avoid injury caused by excessive force.
Even if you don't succeed in turning it today, it's okay, and when you take a shower tomorrow, you will turn it over. Perhaps, a few times down, you can effortlessly pick it up and down.
After the foreskin is successfully turned over, the baby's penis head and the crown groove under the belt will be completely exposed. Remember, the coronal groove is the focus of cleaning, and almost all the dirt is concentrated in this place.
When cleaning, do not rub hard, do not use any detergent, just use warm water to gently scrub and rinse.
▍Source: Lilac Mom, Scientific Family Parenting, etc.;