What to do if a child’s urethra is red and painful

Children’s urethra appears red, swollen and painful, usually local friction stimulation caused by damage or infection, can be applied externally mupirocin or erythromycin ointment treatment, while oral antibiotics. Children’s skin is relatively tender, the position of the urethra is more forward, it is easy to friction stimulation, resulting in local skin damage, redness, swelling and pain or even secretion, you can apply erythromycin ointment or mupirocin ointment treatment, usually with a week or so, but also to keep the local cleanliness and hygiene, to avoid friction stimulation. The boy’s foreskin is too long or circumcision, if you do not pay attention to hygiene, it is easy to cause the foreskin glans, redness, swelling and pain of the urethral opening and foreskin, can also be applied externally erythromycin ointment or mupirocin ointment, and then add cephalosporins, cefuroxime, cefixime and other cephalosporins antibiotic treatment, the boy if the recurrent infections, you can also consider doing circumcision surgery. For little girls urethral red generally to pay attention to hygiene, drink more water, more urination, the application of cephalosporin, cefuroxime and other antibiotic treatment. Children urethral red pain may have other reasons, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time. The above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a professional physician.