Patient's question:
My child has this umbilical granuloma. After the umbilical cord is cut, the wound is stimulated by foreign objects or infected. It forms small granulation tissue hyperplasia. There is a little mucus or mucopurulent exudate. Is this normal? Can you ask about the symptoms of infant umbilical granuloma?Doctor's answer:
The symptoms of infant umbilical are relatively common. Each person's condition is different. Most infants will have redness and swelling of the umbilical cord base and surrounding skin, accompanied by a small amount of purulent exudate (it needs to be distinguished from the discharge of a patent urachus. It is often accompanied by a bad odor. It is often characterized by a moist surface of granulation tissue. In severe cases, it may develop into cellulitis around the umbilical abdominal wall. The skin, or even subcutaneous gangrene. It can also spread along the unsealed umbilical vessels to the abdominal cavity, portal vein, causing peritonitis. Septicemia, even septicemia.