What to do if your newborn is bleeding after the umbilical cord is removed

While in the mother’s womb the little one is connected to the mother through the umbilical cord. After birth the little one is born with an umbilical cord, but as the newborn grows the cord dries up and falls off. Sometimes little babies bleed after the umbilical cord falls off, what should I do? 1, when the newborn’s umbilical cord after 1 month of time, if the baby coughs or cries hard, will lead to abdominal distension, so that the blood vessels in the umbilical cord residual end of the slightly open, appear oozing blood. You can use 75% alcohol to gently wipe away the blood at the umbilicus, and then use sterilized gauze to wrap it. Do not use sterilized water or cloth to scrub or fill the navel to stop bleeding, so as not to cause umbilical infection. 2, cut the umbilical cord after the wound has not healed, by the foreign body stimulation, cut the umbilical cord wound will have a small polypoid granuloma formation. Performance for the umbilical cord with cherry red swelling, like a rice grain to soybean-sized tissues, thick, bloody secretion, not healed for a long time. If the newborn’s umbilical cord bleeding is caused by umbilical granuloma, it is best to seek medical treatment, the doctor will be corroded with 10% nitrate or use sterilized scissors to cut off excessive granulation tissue, but also must pay attention to the local cleanliness and hygiene. Most of the sick children can be quickly cured. 3, newborns suffering from eczema is not a minority of cases, some of which will be in the belly button baby eczema. Eczema at the navel may lead to skin erosion, bleeding. For this kind of umbilical cord eczema can be used furacilin solution cleaning eczema, and then coated with 40% zinc oxide ointment, can play a good therapeutic effect. 4, in addition, the newborn bleeding after the umbilical cord off, also need to pay attention to whether there is repeated foreign body and purulent secretion outflow, pay attention to whether there is umbilical enterocutaneous fistula and umbilical ureteric fistula, if necessary, go to the pediatric surgery of the hospital in a timely manner.