What to do if your newborn’s belly button bleeds after it falls off

Newborn baby belly button dropped bleeding clinically speaking is the newborn baby umbilical cord dropped bleeding, according to the amount of bleeding and whether the infection and other conditions to choose the appropriate treatment, can be disinfection and cleaning of the wound, the use of drugs and other ways to deal with.
1. small amount of bleeding: if the umbilical cord of the newborn after the fall of a small amount of bleeding, the general effect is not great, pay attention to the local cleanliness, can follow the doctor’s instructions to use iodophor or alcohol for local disinfection, and regularly change the medication can be, need to pay attention to keep the skin around the umbilicus dry.
2. Bleeding: If the umbilical cord falls off and there is a lot of bleeding, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time and consider re-tie the umbilical cord, or also use local hemostatic drugs under the guidance of the doctor, such as injectable hemagglutinin.
3. Infection: If the umbilical cord falls after bleeding care is not in place, may induce infection, can follow the doctor’s instructions to give local erythromycin ointment, mupirocin ointment and other drugs anti-infection treatment.
If a newborn is bleeding after the umbilical cord falls off, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, under the guidance of the doctor, to avoid delaying the condition and causing other damage. The above drugs should be used according to the doctor’s instructions.