Newborns with yellow sticky discharge from the navel may be a normal phenomenon or umbilical cord inflammation, umbilical antler, etc., depending on the cause of the disease can choose to disinfect care, antibacterial, cauterization and other methods of treatment.
1. Sterilization care: newborns umbilical cord yellow sticky discharge may be due to the umbilical cord off the surface is not completely long, this is a normal phenomenon, it is recommended to disinfect the treatment, commonly used iodine povidone.
2. Antibacterial: Umbilical inflammation will make the skin around the umbilicus appear red and swollen, and the umbilical nest will flow out with foul-smelling plasma purulent yellow secretion. First of all, you can use povidone-iodine class disinfection supplies for navel disinfection, which can effectively kill all kinds of germs on the skin, to avoid the inflammation continue to worsen. You can use topical antibacterial drug ointment treatment, such as erythromycin ointment, mupirocin ointment and so on.
3. Cauterization: umbilical velvet can also lead to the newborn’s navel with yellow sticky secretion, umbilical velvet is due to the proliferation of the umbilical mucosa caused by the general, if relatively small, cauterization can be achieved to cure the purpose of avoiding the emergence of infection. If there is an infection, surgery must be performed after the infection is controlled.
All of the above drugs should be used under the guidance of a doctor, if the newborn umbilical cord yellow sticky discharge symptoms are serious, or has not been improved, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, to clarify the cause of the disease to give targeted treatment or treatment.