Patient's question:
The child of a colleague had redness and swelling at the umbilical cord stump after it fell off, with a slight protrusion and sometimes a little liquid discharge. The baby has developed umbilical cord inflammation. What medicine should be used for it?Doctor's answer:
Lymphangitis is a bacterial infection of the umbilical stump, which can be divided into acute lymphangitis and chronic lymphangitis. Acute paronychia is an acute cellulitis of the peri-umbilical tissues. Chronic umbilical vein is a chronic inflammation of the umbilicus, caused by irregular acute umbilical vein, neonatal umbilical cord detachment, and prolonged healing or non-healing wounds left by local irritants. Sterile cotton swabs dipped in povidone-iodine are typically used to thoroughly disinfect the navel three to four times a day.