After the umbilical cord of the newborn needs careful care, such as timely disinfection, keep the local dry, find abnormal symptoms timely medical care.
1. disinfection: newborns navel umbilical cord off, parents can disinfected cotton swabs dipped in povidone-iodine gently wipe coated local, to prevent bacterial infection caused by inflammation.
2. Keep the local dry: newborn umbilical cord umbilical cord off, need to keep the local dry, to avoid the umbilical cord part of the water, when bathing in the umbilicus to do a good job of protection. If accidentally stained with water, you need to use a cotton ball to dry in time.
3. medical: newborns navel umbilical cord off, observe the navel nest, such as found in the navel nest of blood, oozing and other symptoms, need to consult a doctor in a timely manner.
Parents should take good care of the newborn’s navel after the umbilical cord falls off until the navel is normal. If there is any abnormality, consult a doctor promptly.