Umbilical cord pus generally refers to the umbilical cord after the shedding of pus, may be a normal physiological phenomenon, may also be infected umbilical cord infection caused by.
1. physiological phenomenon: generally speaking, the newborn’s navel just after the fall, may be due to accidental friction, resulting in a small amount of pus in the navel area, accompanied by redness and swelling of the navel. This is generally a normal physiological phenomenon, can be gently wiped with hydrogen peroxide or povidone-iodine disinfection, you can wait until the umbilical cord is completely dry, no pus outflow can be.
2. Umbilicitis: If the umbilical cord of the newborn is not yet detached, parents do not do a good job of disinfection of the umbilical cord of the newborn, then there may be secondary infection, resulting in umbilicitis, manifested in the umbilical cord at the detachment of the phenomenon of pus.
If the symptom of pus at the umbilical cord is serious or accompanied by other symptoms, you should take your child to the hospital as soon as possible to get a clear diagnosis and then be guided by the doctor to deal with the cause of the problem, so as to prevent delays in the condition and cause adverse effects.