Personal hygiene

[FourFortyFour]

Last night my 7 year old daughter was in tears saying her vagina stung. I had a look as best I could and it looked red but tbh I don't know if that is normal since I am not nappy changing her daily. I wiped it clean and she said that was better. She has come out of school saying she can't cope with it as it still stings.

I rang to speak to a nurse but no can do.

Thought of putting savlon there but not sure. Any advice would be appreciated, thank you.

Savlon won't do her any harm. I have used it on dd too.

Has she overwiped herself with rough toilet paper at school maybe?

I don't think I would put savlon on her, but maybe just get a bowl of warm water (without soap) for her maybe to swoosh herself with when she gets in from school and give her some fresh pants to put on.

Are you sure she hasn't got a UTI?

The fact she says 'stings' makes me think urine infection.

I would get her a gp appointment and make sure she drinks plenty.

My d used to get terrible pains at times between her legs. She grew out of it, but we used sudocrem when it hurt

Bathe her in cammomile tea, make a big jug full with about 4 tea bags and pour in the bath. we did that for dd(2) when she was itching herself and crying when wet and after a couple of baths she was alot better.

Thanks all, I had to go out with her.

I will try your suggestions and of course I don't know if she has an UTI as I am not a doctor but I have suggested she drink more water.

dd had this last year, suddenly very sore.

it went after a few days. i didn't put anything on it. went to gp who said canestan would have been ok to put on it.

also think dd got it from putting on new leggings, without washing them, they were a birthday gift at her party and she popped them on straight away.

no way she would have let me put any cream on. took to drs and no uti.

I used to get this a lot when I was little - I think it was cystitis.

Though I seem to remember my mum giving me cream to rub on - not sure what it was though.

I remember reading somewhere that this is quite common in little girls, not sure why, I think it might be because they don't wipe enough/correctly?

It might be thrush. Would your daughter apply caneston cream herself if she doesn't want you to do it? Caneston usually works within 24 hours on my DDs, 2 of them seem to suffer with it every now and again. It's quite expensive but you can get the chemist's own brand sometimes.

Maybe it was thrush I had as a child and not cystitis - I'm pretty sure it was canesten cream my mum gave me.

I'm sure it has some sort of analgesic in it.

thrush? is she itchy as well. The doctor could diagnose or you could try Caneston. If it's not cystitis which i think is more intedrnal, you need to smother her in vaseline down there so there's a protective layer when she wees otherwise the ammonia in yher urine will really sting. If it hurts when she goes in the bath, you can try aqueous cream which will offer some protection on the delicate skin and which will clean too. Poor thing.

I would pick up a urine sample canister from GP or use very clean small jar and have her give a urine sample first thing on Monday and take that to GP. They can check on the spot whether she would have a UTI as it is important to treat UTI and they may also have a look to see whether it could be thrush. In the meantime, probably best to have a bath with nothing in it. She can try to put some sudocrem on afterwards, but depending on what causes the pain sudocrem can make it worse so only try a little and tell her to wipe sudocrem away straight away if it makes it worse. Definitely would see a doctor though and also get her to drink lots of water/cranberry juice if she drinks it/etc.

No complaints since she cried about it the other day. Do I still need to have her checked?

I think that if it no longer hurts and she hasn't got fever or feels otherwise ill it was probably something to do with wiping too roughly. I would leave it for now. But tell her to let you know if it stings again so you can organise an urine sample in that situation.

I will, thank you.