What is the reason for the redness around the newborn's belly button?

After the baby is born, the umbilical cord has not fallen off, so it is necessary to take good care of the baby's belly button. However, many new parents do not know how to take care of the belly button. If the newborn's belly button is not properly cared for, it is easy to cause some problems with the newborn's belly button. If there is a problem with the newborn's belly button, it must be dealt with in time to avoid getting worse and making treatment more difficult. So what is the redness around the newborn's belly button?

After the baby is born, both mom and dad are nervous. There are too many things to learn every day. When it comes to caring for the newborn, they face tremendous pressure every day. They are afraid that the baby’s body will not be able to adapt if the care is improper. Especially when the baby is just born, many problems will occur if the umbilical cord is not properly cared for.

When the skin around the baby's belly button becomes red and swollen, and you can feel a slight heat on the skin surface when you touch it with your hand, and purulent secretions with a foul odor appear in the navel, and the baby also has symptoms of anorexia, vomiting, and fever, it means that the baby's navel may have become festering. You should take your baby to the hospital immediately.

If acute omphalitis is not completely cured, it may gradually develop into chronic omphalitis and umbilical granuloma. It may also be because the umbilical cord falls off too early, leaving the unhealed wound exposed to long-term local infection, or foreign objects (such as talcum powder) accidentally enter the navel, causing long-term chronic stimulation and causing omphalitis to persist for a long time, forming umbilical granuloma. The symptoms are a small red protruding granulation in the navel, which secretes a sticky fluid. You should go to the hospital and ask the doctor to treat it.

Since there are no nerve endings on the belly button, the baby will not feel any pain during the entire shedding process. The care of the newborn's umbilical cord should be divided into two stages: before the umbilical cord falls off, the area needs to be kept clean and dry, and the gauze dressing should be checked regularly for bleeding. If bleeding occurs, it needs to be re-ligated to stop the bleeding. If there is no bleeding, just wipe the base of the umbilical cord with a cotton swab dipped in 75% alcohol every day and wait for it to fall off naturally. After the umbilical cord falls off, there will often be a small amount of exudate in the umbilical fossa. At this time, you can use a cotton swab dipped in 75% alcohol to clean the umbilical fossa, and then cover it with sterilized gauze.

Why is the belly button of a 15-day-old newborn baby red? Most of the time, it is caused by inflammation. You need to go to the hospital for treatment in time, otherwise it will harm the baby's body. When the umbilical cord has not fallen off, the baby cannot be bathed in the tub and can only be given a sponge bath. Keep the area around the umbilical cord dry and avoid friction.