Hi All, my son is 17 months old. He used to have constipation a few months back but now he is passing stools normally. The problem was that the anal area used to get red. Doctor told us that it was contact dermatitis and gave a steroid cream. It went away with the use but nowadays he is passing stools 3-4 times a day (after a viral infection) passing all the mucus in the stool and now too he is having the dermatitis near the anal area although stools are very soft. I dont want to go for a steroid cream again. I have tried applying coconut oil on the area but to no avail. Plz suggest what could be done about it
Ketaki replied. Hi, my doc has suggested a new alternative for reducing the redness of the anal area. We need to dip our baby in a tub full of luke warm water for 5 minutes(3 times a day). Please put some amount of eating soda into this water. This helps in reducing the redness.
Also try applying ghee instead of coconut oil. Monica Goyal replied. Hi sonia,

My 5 month old son also suffers from viral diarrhea frequently & he passes acidic ,mucusy stools which maked his anal area red & it burns so much that he doesnt even let me touch & clean.I have also tried coconut oil bt its of no use.His dr was saying that infection spreads thru water mainly .She suggested me to clean his anal area with a cotton ball dipped in coconut oil instead of water & for 1 day while rashes were severe she precibed any steriod cream like flucream/KZ bt after 1 day in mild rashes case she precribed dermashiled.
Please let me know if you find sum other alternative & i have posted a query regarding viral infection in this forum recently so pls advise me on that also.
thanks,
Monica