Nursing umbilical cord to prevent neonatal omphalitis

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Many newborns after birth, due to the new mother, do not understand this knowledge, is their own children appear the symptoms of omphalitis, if the child's umbilical cord off too early, or improper intermediate care, the newborn's navel will appear yellow water. Purulent or erosive symptoms, which will bring great pain to the child, so the new mother must do a good job in the child's navel care, care for the child's navel from the moment the child was born, to the newborn's umbilical cord does not completely fall off this period, whether it is to give the baby a bath, or when changing diapers, should be careful, Here is a brief introduction to the nursing measures of Neonatal Omphalitis.

Nursing umbilical cord to prevent neonatal omphalitis

First: before the umbilical cord of the newborn does not fall off completely, we should be careful not only when feeding, or when changing diapers, but also when taking a bath. We must keep the surrounding of the baby's navel dry, especially for children who like to cry, we should frequently use dry gauze to scrub around the umbilical cord to prevent inflammation caused by dampness around the umbilical cord.

Second: once the child's navel is inflamed, parents should not blindly use drugs. Alcohol or iodine should be used to scrub the child several times a day. After scrubbing, white gauze should be used to fix it, especially when wrapping the child's belly or dressing, to prevent the umbilical cord from falling off in advance.

Third: especially when changing diapers for newborns, expectant mothers should be more careful, try to be far away from the navel, and be careful of collisions. When bathing the baby every day, they must prevent water from entering the baby's navel. After bathing, they should wipe the surroundings of the newborn's navel with dry gauze, and fix the baby's navel with white gauze.

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Neonatal umbilical cord care is very important, if the nursing method is not appropriate, it is most likely to cause the child's navel inflammation, so after the child is born, before the navel does not completely fall off, we must do a good job in the child's navel care work, keep the child's navel around dry, every day adhere to the use of alcohol to the child frequently scrub several times.