Preschool girl has adnexitis, doctor points out unexpected cause of disease
The mother thought the baby was sexually abused, however, when the doctor examined her clinically, there were no signs of abuse. So what was the cause?
BSCKII. Diem Thi Thanh Thuy, Head of the Voluntary Obstetrics Department, Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, said that she has seen many cases of 5-year-old children coming to the hospital because they had a lot of vaginal discharge.
Dr. Diem Thuy added, the strange thing is that I have treated her with many different medicines but her condition has not improved, the vaginal discharge in her underwear is still green and has not improved. Finally, after confiding and asking the mother, I learned that this girl only eats meat and eats a lot of fast food, drinks a lot of soft drinks, carbonated water, does not like to eat vegetables and drink fruit juice. From that information, the doctor prescribed a prescription for the child and told the mother to feed her child a diet.nutritional balanceIncrease green vegetables, fruits, yogurt. After a while, the inflammation was gone.
Through the practice of medical examination and treatment, Dr. Diem Thuy believes that the baby's diet has a great influence on this. Many children eat a lot of meat, drink soft drinks, eat fast food, causing a lot of urea to be excreted, making them susceptible to inflammation. Therefore, a diet rich in fiber, vegetables, and drinking lots of water is very important for children. Parents should guide their children to eat a balanced diet and increase green vegetables, fruits, yogurt... this is an alkaline diet that is very good for the body.
From the above story, Dr. Diem Thuy recommends that mothers with young daughters should pay attention to checking and observing their children's underwear when they see vaginal discharge, or their children feel itchy and uncomfortable in their genitals. They may have a vaginal infection and need to be taken to a specialist for examination and timely treatment.
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| An unbalanced diet with lots of meat, fast food and carbonated drinks is not good for a girl's reproductive health (illustrative photo) |
Because, according to Dr. Diem Thuy, vaginitis is a simple disease but if not treated promptly it will leave serious consequences. When the inflammation is not completely treated, it will spread to the uterus and ovaries, which will then have serious effects.
According to Dr. Diem Thuy, children often do not have vaginitis but only vulvitis. When seeing their children have inflammation, many families use folk remedies such as using green tea water to wash. This method is also very good, however, with some types of infections, the disease is better, but there are infections that cannot be cured. Therefore, it is still necessary to take the child to a specialist for examination and timely guidance.
Sharing more about this issue, Associate Professor, Dr. Luu Thi Hong, former Director of the Department of Maternal and Child Health, Ministry of Health, said that in addition to an unbalanced diet, the hygiene of girls is also a risk factor for infection. In particular, the doctor encountered a case of a secondary school girl who came to the clinic with vaginal yeast infection due to poor hygiene during her period.
Therefore, doctors recommend that parents pay attention and instruct their children on proper hygiene. That is, after going to the toilet, urinating or defecating, they must use clean water to wash and then dry. At home, they should use a towel to dry. Avoid the situation where many children make the mistake of going to the toilet and only using paper to dry without using water.
Associate Professor Hong also noted that self-medication for infections is quite common and potentially dangerous. Especially self-medication with antibiotics. Vietnam is one of the countries with high antibiotic resistance. In many cases, when itching occurs, vaginal antibiotics are used. Improper self-treatment leads to antibiotic resistance. When fungal infections are not treated properly, the disease will recur many times and later treatment will be more difficult due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
To minimize the risk of recurring infections, you need to do simple things like properly cleaning your genitals, taking medication as prescribed by your doctor, eating a balanced diet, and exercising.
