Patient's question:
My niece is now 20 days old, but because the adults did not take good care of her, it led to an umbilical cord infection in the child. She was sent to the hospital for treatment at the time, but now the umbilical cord is still oozing. Please ask what should be done if the umbilical cord still oozes after treatment for a newborn's umbilical cord infection?Doctor's answer:
Most newborn umbilical cords fall off within 1 to 2 weeks after birth. If there is umbilical cord infection, it can easily cause sepsis in newborns, so the hospital is very active. In addition to antibiotic treatment, attention should also be paid to the disinfection of the umbilical cord. Now, after treatment, there is still water. It indicates that there is exudate and it has not fully hardened. Iodine can be used for disinfection every day. Most of the time, it should be improved after one week.