Red buttocks, commonly known as red buttocks and diaper rash, is a common infant skin disease that occurs in the diaper-covered area, mainly manifesting as a red spotted rash on the skin of the buttocks, which can become oozing and ulcerated secondary to infection in severe cases. The skin of babies is delicate and soft, but also very fragile. During the cold season, red buttocks like to stick to babies and make them cry, making mothers both heartbroken and helpless. Why do babies tend to have red buttocks? The root cause of red buttocks is prolonged contact with wet diapers. Babies cannot take care of themselves after urinating and defecating, and their skin is impregnated with urine or feces, and their buttocks are often soaked in urine or feces, especially in winter, when the weather is cold and parents are worried about their babies catching colds and flu, so they usually do not change diapers regularly. Urine and feces contain urates, indoles and other irritants, which accumulate in the diaper and continue to irritate the baby’s skin and induce red buttocks. In addition, the baby’s skin is tender, the stratum corneum is thin, and the blood vessels are rich and easily damaged, so the red buttocks often patronize the baby, and because the baby’s immunity is low, the red buttocks are prone to secondary bacterial or fungal infections, making the red buttocks often persist. According to the theory of Chinese medicine, red buttocks are caused by dampness and heat stagnating in the skin, and newborns are “pure yang bodies” with delicate skin. If your baby has red buttocks, parents should not be too nervous and should not use drugs, especially hormones like dexamethasone ointment, which may make the red buttocks stay untreated. Infant red buttocks are completely curable, so how to treat it? First of all, we need to strengthen the general care, good care is the basis for curing red buttocks. In addition to routine care, once the number of stools is found to increase, the local skin should be cleaned more often. For those who have too many stools, the number of meals and the amount of food should be appropriately restricted under the guidance of a physician, and intestinal astringent drugs such as Similac should be added if necessary. Secondly, the strict implementation of the principle of local medication for dermatological diseases is the key to cure red buttocks. Topical skin medications include ointments, bulking agents, oils, and various types of Chinese medicine, which should be used according to the seasonal climate, the course of the disease, and the presence or absence of skin lesions of the child. In summer and autumn, when the skin is not damaged, you can choose to apply comfrey oil. In winter and spring, you can alternately apply comfrey oil and zinc oxide ointment, and the powder is prohibited for those with broken skin. Those with skin eruptions are usually combined with microbial infections such as Candida albicans, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus, and this is the time to apply topical antibiotics and antifungal ointment under the guidance of a physician. In addition, Chinese herbal medicine is also very effective in treating infant red buttocks, for example, Moist Burn Ointment is composed of Scutellaria baicalensis, Radix et Rhizoma Huanglian, Phellodendron dulcis, and Poppy husk, in which Scutellaria baicalensis, Radix et Rhizoma Huanglian, and Phellodendron dulcis clear heat and dry dampness, with antiseptic and anti-infective effects, while Radix et Rhizoma poppy husk clear heat and dampness, and produce muscle and astringent, with the effect of producing muscle and astringent sores and protecting skin. In addition, moist burn ointment is an oil, which is not hydrophilic, so that urine and bacteria are not easily impregnated with the skin, preventing bacterial attack, avoiding skin damage, and preventing the occurrence of infectious diseases. In addition, physical therapy is also a very effective way to treat red buttocks. Physical therapy mainly includes oxygen blowing, baking lamp and electric blowing. The application of baking lamps and hairdryers is conducive to local skin exposure and drying, which destroys the local environment for microbial growth and reproduction, thus shortening the course of the disease. However, parents must be careful not to burn the baby’s tender skin. The drying effect of local oxygen blowing is not as effective as that of hairdryer and baking lamp, but the local anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects of oxygen in promoting inflammatory tissue repair and wound healing are more prominent in promoting the healing of severe red buttocks. How to prevent infant red buttocks? Keeping the skin dry and clean is the key to preventing red buttocks in infants. Specific measures include the following: 1. Keep the skin of the buttocks ventilated and dry, and when the weather is cold in winter, expose the baby’s little buttocks to the air indoors. When the weather is warm and there is sunshine, you should let your baby’s buttocks sunbathe more, which can effectively prevent red buttocks from occurring, and more sunshine can also effectively prevent the occurrence of rickets. 2.Change diapers as soon as possible after wetting; after each urination and defecation, wash the buttocks with warm water and dry it with 5% tannic acid ointment, which can prevent red buttocks. 3.Choose clean, soft and absorbent diapers, preferably cotton diapers, and use disposable diapers that meet hygiene requirements. If you use cloth diapers repeatedly, you should wash them with soap and boiling water in time and dry them in the sun before using them again. 4. Breastfeeding as much as possible. Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to reduce red buttocks. The indole and ammonia emissions in the stool of breastfed babies are small, which can reduce the occurrence of red buttocks because of the small irritation to the baby’s skin. In addition, breast milk contains many immune substances, which can strengthen your baby’s resistance and prevent various diseases from occurring. Finally, we wish your baby a clean, white and chubby little butt free from red buttocks.