How is the child navel inflamed treated in confinement

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After the newborn is separated from the mother, the nursing of the navel part is very important. Generally, the nursing staff will use alcohol to disinfect, accelerate the drying of the navel part, and avoid bacterial infection. Under normal circumstances, the umbilical cord will naturally dry and fall off about a week after the baby is born. How to treat the child's navel inflammation in the month of birth? I'll give you the following Talk about it.

How is the child navel inflamed treated in confinement

First: in the baby after the bath must be carried out navel part of the dry work, in the baby's navel just fell off before the baby can only wipe the whole body, can't put the baby's lower body in the bathtub, so easy to cause infection. After falling off, when bathing your baby, you should use some soft gauze or cotton swab to wipe the navel nest, and then disinfect it with alcohol to ensure the cleanness and hygiene of the navel.

Second: every day to use some iodine swab for morning and evening wipe 2 times, in the wipe time must pay attention to the umbilical cord, and then use sterile gauze bandage, regular dressing, if the swab is dirty or not clean, must be replaced in time, to avoid aggravation of inflammation.

Third: timely to the hospital for treatment, under the guidance of the doctor for medication, in general, the baby's umbilical inflammation is caused by Staphylococcus aureus, hemolytic streptococcus or Escherichia coli, need to be under the guidance of antibiotic treatment, only local treatment is far from enough.

matters needing attention

If the baby's umbilicus appeared inflammation, must be treated in time, because if not treated in time, it may lead to aggravation of the disease, lead to sepsis or peritonitis and other diseases. In addition, the baby's umbilical must pay attention to nursing, mother in umbilical care should pay attention to hand disinfection, in order to avoid infection.