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Skin health problems in infants and children need to be considered so as not to disrupt the appearance and cause complications when you’ve got teenagers. For that, if found there skin health disorders in infants and children, the parents should be aware and check their children to the doctor.

This was conveyed by skin specialists and genital skin from the Ministry of Health, University of Indonesia Faculty of Medicine, General Hospital Center Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Wisesa Wardani Tina, in a press conference and symposium Keputihan Skin Problems in Infants and Children, Tuesday (14 / 4), in the Sartono , FKUI-RSCM, Jakarta.

Symposium for the laity will be held on April 25, next at the Hotel Novotel, Mangga Dua, Jakarta. According to Tina, the symposium aims to inform the public about skin problems that are often found in infants and children, the teenage acne, vaginal discharge in infants and children, genital treatment in infants and children, as well as tips on choosing baby’s skin moisturizers and child.

The first topic is, various skin problems are often found in the milk eczema, eczema seboroik, diaper eczema, skin infections namely smallpox and smallpox fire monkey, and hemangioma birthmark and Mongolian spots. By identifying the disease or signs of it, it can be an appropriate initial management and knowing when to be consulted to the doctor, he said.

As teenagers, a common problem is acne. These disorders are influenced by many interrelated factors and difficult to be removed in a short time. To avoid unwanted complications, treatment should be done by a medical specialist and genital skin.

Another problem often found is whitish in infants and children. Pathological vaginal discharge is often caused by bacterial infection, fungi or parasites, and also by non-infectious cause of foreign body. Need to watch out for the possibility of sexual abuse in children who experienced vaginal discharge by the causes of sexually transmitted infections, said specialists from the skin and genital-RSCM FKUI Nilasari Hanny.

By understanding the symptoms, causes and triggers discharge in infants and children, it can prevent the occurrence of whitish in infants and children and prevent it from recurring. It’s also important discussion about genital hygiene. Some of hygiene behavior with potential side effects that are not good health. Therefore, please note how the behavior of good genital hygiene, including family economic conditions and limited availability of infrastructure, he said.