Diaper Rash

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Symptoms

A reddish rash affecting the diaper region, with or without secondary infection by fungus or bacteria. Redness, tenderness, thickening of skin, inflammation. If secondary yeast infection appears, the skin will be bright red with well-defined borders, frequently with distinct red papules.

Causes

About 50% go away within a day. The rest can last 10 days or longer.

Breast-fed babies have less diaper rash, and this resistance continues long after the baby has been weaned.

When diaper rash is more prominent later, a food allergy may be the cause.

Treatments

Give air to that region. Take the diaper off and lay him chest down, with his face turned to one side, on towels underlaid with a waterproof sheet. Keeping an eye on him, leave him that way for as long as practicable. But if you do not watch him, you will regret the results.

Keep the child bare and exposed to air and sunlight as much as the climate will permit.

Change the diaper frequently; wash the area with cool water and gently dab dry, using a soft cotton diaper.

(Use corn starch as a drying agent; never use talcum powder! It is a powdered rock dust, and can cause cancer in anyone (infant or adult) that uses it.)

Expose the infant to small daily doses of sunlight or ultraviolet light. Be careful not to burn him. No ocean bathing until the rash is gone. But fresh pool water or rainwater is okay.

The new super-absorbent diapers greatly help solve the problem. They reduce skin wetness.

Try blow-drying the baby before rediapering him.

Adding vinegar to the final rinse when washing diapers will help reduce the pH of the cloth. Add 1 ounce of vinegar to 1 gallon of water during the final rinse.

Giving 2-3 ounces of cranberry juice to older infants will make urine pH slightly more acid. This helps reduce irritation.

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