What Is Umbilical Granuloma? How To Treat It?

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Once youve delivered your baby, the phlebotomist
cuts and clamps the umbilical cord (along with
the umbilical cord blood) to separate you from
the baby, and the blood gets collected for
umbilical cord blood banking. However, at the
same time, the healthcare practitioner will
advise you to be very vigilant with your babys
belly button. As,  infections and bleeding on the
belly button are some of the key concerns for
you, at this moment. Besides germs and
infections that might be affecting the cord,
there is another problem that will need your
caring eyes, and that is, an umbilical granuloma.
What Is Umbilical Granuloma? 1 out of 500
new-borns develop umbilical granuloma, during the
first few weeks of a babys birth. This is
basically a tissue growth, in the belly button.
After the umbilical cord is cut in your baby,
umbilical granuloma looks like a small red bump,
covered in yellow or clear discharge. Its rare
that, an adult might develop an umbilical
granuloma. However, navel piercing, might turn
out to be one of the most common causes of a
painful umbilical granuloma in adults.
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What Causes Umbilical Granuloma? When the
umbilical cord is cut, a small stump left in the
belly button, which normally dries up and falls
off on its own. However, sometimes, when the
belly button is healing, after the falling of the
umbilical cord, an umbilical granuloma is formed,
which looks like a red lump in your babys navel.
How is a baby affected from Umbilical
Granuloma These granulomas may not trouble your
baby too much, but since granulomas, (stuck to
umbilical cord opening), continue to grow quickly
and along with it the infection also starts
spreading, your baby might be faced with several
health problems she might be feeling an
irritation on the skin around the belly button
and fever, till such time that they are carefully
treated. So, to mainly keep the infection from
spreading, they would definitely require medical
attention.  
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What Are The Home Remedies For Umbilical
Granuloma Treatment?

• Keep the belly button clean and dry
• Clean it with soap and warm water
• Keeping the belly button exposed to air can be
  helpful
• Keeping the front part of the diaper rolled down
  can help
• Keep the baby away from the bathwater, till such
  time that the granuloma is completely healed

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• What Are Medical Ways To Treat Umbilical
  Granuloma
• If the granulomas get infected, your baby needs
  to be taken to the doctor right away. Only a
  doctor would know what to use for umbilical
  granuloma treatment.
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• The doctor might silver nitrate on the umbilical
  granuloma. Silver nitrate will burn off the
  tissue. But, during the process, your baby will
  not feel any pain or anything 
• The doctor might alternately use liquid nitrogen,
  which is cold. It tends to freeze the lump and
  dissolve the tissue away completely.
• In many cases, the doctor might tie off the
  granuloma with suture thread to cut off blood
  flow to the lump. It will dry up and disappear in
  due time. 
• Learn how to apply salt to the granuloma safely.
  The doctor will first advise you to clear the
  mucus and put salt on it to dry it out.
• Finally, surgery will help stop the infection
  from spreading.
• To Conclude
• Take care of your babys belly button, after its
  cut off. And if you see bleeding, rash, fever and
  your baby seems to be in pain, consult the doctor
  immediately.

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