What to do if your newborn has a lump on his chest

When a newborn shows any abnormalities, a physical examination should be conducted in a timely manner so that you can have some understanding of the newborn's physical problems and choose the correct method for treatment to avoid causing other problems for the newborn. What should you do if a newborn has a lump on his chest? There are some solutions to this situation. The following is a detailed introduction so that you can have some understanding of these methods.

What to do if your newborn has a lump on his chest:

Because the child is affected by the mother's hormones in the mother's body, it will cause the proliferation of breast lobules, which is what you feel as a small lump moving. But after leaving the mother's body, as the hormone level decreases, this phenomenon will gradually disappear.

In addition, the mother's hormone levels are different, and the children's sensitivity to hormones is different, so this phenomenon will manifest to different degrees in different children. In the past, people would use the "squeezing" method to deal with it, but the child's skin is delicate, and squeezing will cause damage to the child's breast tissue and have a certain impact on future breast development. Therefore, the current medical view is that this is a natural and normal physiological phenomenon and no special treatment is required. Parents should pay more attention to observation if there is abnormal secretion in the breast and the lumps suddenly become larger. If there are local skin abnormalities or the child shows other abnormal symptoms, you should see a professional doctor in time. Listen to what the doctor says.

Some nutritional supplements contain substances similar to sex hormones. Long-term use can not only cause premature breast development, but can even promote the development of gonads. Children of this type often experience breast enlargement after taking nutritional supplements for 2 to 3 months. The enlargement may be progressive or fluctuating, but if it is discovered in time and the supplements are stopped, the patient can generally recover in about half a year. You should ask an endocrinologist to examine you carefully and make a diagnosis.

Specific solution:

1. Please go to a regular hospital with a pediatric endocrinology department or a dwarfism or precocious puberty department as soon as possible. If signs of development appear at a very young age, the first thing to consider is the possibility of excessive intake of exogenous hormones, such as too many health products (especially bovine colostrum), contraceptives, etc.

2. A detailed examination is required. The younger the age at which signs of precocious puberty appear, the greater the possibility of the presence of a tumor that can secrete sex hormones.

3. It is necessary to check bone age, uterus, ovary B-ultrasound, adrenal B-ultrasound, pituitary CT or MRI, as well as adrenal function and thyroid function. Hypothyroidism and adrenal hyperplasia may be the causes of precocious puberty. If necessary, a gonadotropin stimulation test should be performed to determine whether it is true precocious puberty and whether there is any influence of tumors or other endocrine diseases.

4. Those who are too young must be very careful when using gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs (GnRHa, such as Diphereline, Enanton, etc.) even if they have true precocious puberty!

5. Go to the hospital for a check-up as soon as possible and get the right medicine. It may be caused by eating bovine colostrum. Some hidden diseases should be discovered and treated early so that the disease will not be delayed.

6. Let your baby drink more soy milk.

7. It may be because the food or milk powder given to the baby is too nutritious. It is recommended to stop using it for a few days and consult a doctor.

8. Be careful when choosing food, try to choose fresh fruits and vegetables, and don’t buy snacks for your baby.

After understanding what to do if a newborn has a lump on the chest, you can follow the above methods to improve the condition. However, it should be noted that when alleviating the lump on the chest of a newborn, you should also pay attention to all aspects of the child's body. If the child feels uncomfortable, he or she should be examined immediately. This is also something to note.