The umbilical cord should be disinfected twice a day with special iodine or 75% alcohol. The operation in the disinfection process must be to hold the remaining umbilical cord with one hand, and stretch it with a cotton swab dipped in alcohol or iodine with the other hand, from top to bottom, from center to periphery, so as to make it dizzy and dry, and avoid going back and forth. If the cloth wrapped around the umbilical cord is found to be wet, it should be replaced at any time to keep the umbilical cord dry. Then, the ordinary umbilical cord did not fall off after overtime, which may be due to improper operation of the umbilical cord disinfection method, or untimely exposure of the umbilical cord, the umbilical cord was too long to cover the umbilical cord, and the umbilical cord was not kept dry locally, which led to the delay of falling off.
If the umbilical cord is infected with local inflammation: redness, swelling, odor, granulation and purulent secretion appear at the root, local inflammation is very likely to occur. Parents must take their children to the hospital. During the baby's hospitalization, the nurse will disinfect the navel after cleaning the baby every day. After coming back from the hospital, before the baby's umbilical cord falls off, the baby's parents will disinfect the baby's umbilical cord every day.
Generally speaking, after taking a shower, put on clothes and diapers for your child (be sure to put on clothes first to prevent your child from catching cold), expose your navel and gently open it with your hands. Wash the wound every day before and after umbilical cord falls off. Dry the umbilical cord with a cotton swab soaked in 75% alcohol, then wrap it tightly with sterile gauze and keep it dry. Even if the monsoon has weakened, wipe your navel with an alcohol cotton swab every day for two days. When cleaning, be sure to separate the abdominal depression with your fingers and completely expose its bottom, because sometimes pus will be hidden in the abdominal depression.