Itchy external vagina in 4-year-old children may be caused by factors such as lack of personal hygiene or vulvar eczema or infection. Treatment includes daily care and medication.
1. Daily care. Itchy external vaginal symptoms in children may be caused by feces, urine, sweat stimulation, or sitting on the floor in open pants, wearing chemical fiber material underwear stimulation and so on. First of all, we should pay attention to the hygiene of the vulva, can wash the vulva with warm water, wear cotton underwear with good ventilation, and change the underwear frequently, generally after the improvement of personal hygiene, the itching symptom will get better by itself.
2. Medication. If children’s external vaginal itching symptoms are more serious, local redness, swelling or odor, increased secretion phenomenon, more and more inflammation stimulation.
To go to the hospital in a timely manner, after the secretion test to choose the appropriate drug treatment. For example, follow the doctor’s instructions to wash with potassium permanganate externally, apply erythromycin ointment to relieve itching symptoms. If the itching symptoms caused by vulvar eczema, you can take loratadine anti-allergy treatment.
4-year-old children with symptoms of external vaginal itching should pay attention to avoid scratching and stimulation of the local, wear loose underwear, go to the hospital in a timely manner, check the cause of the symptomatic treatment.