GENITAL DISCHARGE - Common Patterns Pediatric

1)      Anterior urethritis – males, dysuria, purulent discharge per urethra, tender glans penis, - Tx - Erythromycin

2)      Prepubertal vaginitis – foul smelling, pruritic vaginal discharge in a prepubertal female, - Tx erythromycin

3)      Chronic balanitis – genital scratching, discharge, adhesive prepuce, white paste of smegma, underlying phimosis (stenosed prepuce cannot be retracted over the glans, complaints of foreskin ballooning with urination), Mx – clean with antibiotic cream gently

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