The 12-year-old daughter’s “private area” has an unpleasant smell, she went to the hospital, panicked when she discovered what was inside

BSCKI Ha Bich Van (Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Facility 2) said that doctors had just received a 12-year-old girl who was hospitalized with an unpleasant genital odor for a long time. After examining, Doctor Van noticed that there was an unusual foreign body in the vagina. Worth mentioning, the mother was also very surprised because she did not know when her child had put the object in this area.

Through exchange and confiding with the baby, it is known that the cause is that the patient inserts a cloth object into the genitals from the 5th grade, now the baby is a 6th grader. Due to the long wait, The fabric that has eaten into the anterior wall of the vagina is painful, difficult to remove, and can cause bleeding. After that, Dr. Van discussed with the family to administer anesthesia to remove the foreign body.

Through the above incident, doctor Ha Bich Van recommends that parents with children in puberty and adolescence need to spend a lot of time with their children to talk, talk, and explain to their children about sex, about sex and gender. changes in the body during puberty. You also help me relieve my anxiety and panic when I am alone in the face of changes that I don’t know why.

Image of foreign body taken from the vagina of a 12-year-old girl at Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital.

According to doctors, it is not intentional for children to play or be curious about body parts, so they should insert foreign objects into the private area. The children themselves did not think that doing this could affect their health. Especially after the procedure, children often hide from their parents for fear of being scolded, so the longer the foreign body is left, the more likely it is to cause complications.

In case the foreign body is in the ear, nose and throat, the parents can see it and can also pick it up. Foreign body in the intimate area, because children at this age have not fully developed this part, the ability to protect the body is not high, so it is easy to get infections. Therefore, when seeing children with smelly discharge, in addition to thinking of infection, parents should be concerned that there may be a foreign body inside.

Care at home after removing a foreign body in the child’s private area:

– If your child is prescribed medicine, make sure he takes the medicine for the right amount of time.

To help reduce the irritation and itching, you can put your baby in a bath with a little warm water a few times a day. Do not mix soap with water, do not wash the vulva with soap. Rinse the vulva with water and pat dry gently.

– Educate the children not to put anything into the vagina to avoid repeating the above problem.

– Educating children to clean the vulva after going to the toilet should wipe from front to back.

– Keep small objects out of reach of children. Especially keep the batteries out of reach of children because when put into the body, the batteries will leak and cause burns.