What to do if your newborn baby has water discharge from his belly button

If a newborn has water flowing out of the belly button, parents should pay attention to this situation. This situation is often related to infection. After all, the newborn exchanges substances with the mother through the umbilical cord in the mother's body. The umbilical cord must be cut after the child is born. If the child is not properly cared for at this time, it may cause infection. You should go to the hospital for anti-inflammatory treatment in time to avoid persistent infection. Let’s take a look at this aspect.

What to do if your newborn baby has water discharge from his belly button

It is normal for a newborn to have clear or yellowish viscous fluid oozing out of the healing umbilical cord stump. Usually after the umbilical cord falls off naturally, the navel will be a little damp, and a small amount of rice-soup-like liquid will seep out. This is because the surface of the umbilical cord that has fallen off has not yet fully grown, and the liquid in the granulation tissue has seeped out. Parents only need to gently wipe it clean with 75% alcohol, and the umbilical cord will be dry in about 2 to 3 days. Then gently wipe the umbilical cord stump with dry gauze to accelerate the healing of the navel. After the above treatment, if the umbilical cord still leaks water and the leaking fluid is like pus or has a foul odor, it is an abnormal phenomenon. Parents should take their children to the hospital for timely treatment to avoid infection.

What disease is related to the water coming out of the navel of a 40-day-old baby?

1. Umbilical cord velvet is actually the residue of the umbilical mucosa, which is one of the reasons why there is a lot of water discharge from the navel. Umbilical cord velvet looks like a piece of pink meat and is located in the center of the navel. It has a lot of secretions, and if you don't pay attention to it during care, there will be a small amount of bloody secretions. Therefore, newborns with umbilical cord fungus should go to the hospital and ask a doctor to treat it.

2. Umbilical granuloma refers to small polyp-like granulomas formed due to the stimulation of foreign bodies on the unhealed wound after umbilical cord cutting. It manifests as a cherry-red swelling in the navel, with tissue ranging in size from rice grains to soybeans, thick, bloody secretions, which stain clothes and do not heal for a long time.

3. Umbilical eczema is more common in infants and young children. However, some children have eczema in the navel, which is manifested by small red papules or skin erosions in or around the navel, and the secretions vary from time to time.

4. Umbilical cord bleeding: Within 1 week to 1 month after the umbilical cord falls off, if the newborn coughs or cries hard, causing the intra-abdominal pressure to increase, the blood vessels in the remaining end of the umbilical cord will open slightly, resulting in a small amount of bleeding.

5. The sunken navel caused by omphalitis is a dark corner, which is very easy to accumulate water and dirt and is not easy to dry. In addition, the temperature here is suitable, making it a good culture medium for bacteria.

If you find water coming out of the navel of a newborn, you must pay attention to cleaning it. You also need to pay attention to the cause of the water coming out and provide targeted care. At present, water coming out of a newborn baby 40 days after birth is mostly caused by some of the above diseases, so parents can choose to use clean gauze for disinfection after the water comes out.