Bacterial infection can induce vaginitis in infants and young children

Infant vaginitis is more common in girls under 5 years old, and often coexists with vulvitis. What are the main causes of infant vaginitis? In order to understand infant vaginitis, let's take a look at the common causes of infant vaginitis.

1. Foreign objects: such as peanuts, beans, hairpins, pins, small stones, etc. inserted into the vagina may damage the vaginal epithelium and cause secondary infection, leading to vaginitis in infants and young children .

2. Secondary vaginitis: After a young girl has an upper respiratory tract infection or a urinary tract infection, bacteria are directly transmitted into the vagina through dust, causing vaginitis in infants and young children.

3. Pinworm vaginitis in infants and young children: This disease is not common under normal circumstances. It is caused by intestinal pinworms passing into the vagina through feces; or improper feces handling, pinworm eggs contaminating the vulva of young girls through the hands, clothes, toys, etc. of the mother or childcare staff, causing inflammation.

4. Specific vaginitis: Trichomonas or candidal vaginitis. This type of infant vaginitis is rare in infants and young children.

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