Thursday, March 11, 2010

How to prevent neonatal umbilical disease?


1, umbilical water. After the pit is always off umbilical damp, and not necessarily symptoms, can be sterilized cotton swab dipped in warm water or alcohol to clean the navel and then dried, painted gentian violet, or scatter some point the umbilical cord powder, can be covered with gauze. If contamination is necessary to new ones, and nothing to do and do not easily open look.

2, omphalitis. Is the newborn umbilical common disease, the Department of Staphylococcus aureus infection after removal navel, caused by E. coli. Skin redness around the umbilical and umbilical swelling, and sometimes out of purulent secretions. In addition to strong resistance to umbilical abnormalities in children, the body temperature and appetite are normal, if timely treatment, will soon be better. Usually in the navel with 3% hydrogen peroxide, after washing, Tu 1% crystal violet. There are systemic symptoms seek medical care immediately.

3, umbilical bleeding. When the newborn umbilical cord tie-off failed to exercise stringent or because of certain systemic diseases, can cause umbilical bleeding. At worst will be a little bit of blood seeping from the navel; re-cord packages can be soaked to the extravasation. When this occurs, if the umbilical cord has not yet come off, so long as the umbilical cord to re-truss, they can stanch. If it is due to illness caused by human umbilical bleeding, a doctor should be treated promptly the blood stopped.

4, umbilical hernia (convex belly button). Like a small balloon, size, belonging to congenital defects, children crying, coughing, stool and other force, the intestines from the umbilical hole out of the navel at hemispherical shape, or form a mass. When the children quiet and lie horizontally when the finger at the top by clicking on the retreat to the intestines, the navel also deflated. Often used umbilical tape sealing method and bandage treatment, the general thumb-sized umbilical hernia, a ~ 2-year-old children to be able natural long is good, and then larger the umbilical, to 3 ~ 4 years old can also be the natural length is good, the parents do not have to too anxious, without surgery. Only when the intestines can not be retracted go, navel mass Zhang De-fat hard only when the need for hospitalization.

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