The umbilical cord of newborn babies still has black scabs after falling off, you can disinfect it with povidone-iodine every day, and then cover it with sterile gauze, and it can usually recover on its own after a period of time.
1. Povidone-iodine disinfection: After the umbilical cord of the newborn is removed and there are black scabs, usually bruises or blood scabs, it is time to keep the local clean and dry, you can disinfect the umbilical cord with povidone-iodine 1~2 times a day, which can prevent bacterial infections in the umbilical cord.
2. sterile gauze cover: sterilized with sterile gauze covered in the navel, to avoid clothing and external stimulation, to prevent clothing friction navel caused by black scabs fall off early and bleeding, usually about a week black scabs will fall off on their own.
Newborns umbilical cord after the fall of black scabs must do a good job of home care, otherwise it may cause infection or other diseases, such as redness and swelling around the umbilicus or pus secretions must be timely medical treatment, in accordance with the doctor’s instructions for treatment.