Sentences with phrase «area around the cord»

As a precaution, keep the area around the cord dry at all times, even after you have cleaned it.

Use wet cotton swabs to clean the area around the cord.

If the area around the cord appears dirty, clean it with a baby wipe or, preferably, mild soap and water.

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You should call your baby's doctor or pediatrician if there is a foul odor coming from the area of the umbilical cord, if there is redness around the cord or if your baby is running a fever.

By the third week, the umbilical cord stump will have separated from your baby's belly but the area around his belly button might still be a little raw.

Make sure to be nice and careful around the umbilical cord stump area as you clean the baby.

If you're noticing a theme, that's because a lot of newborn care has to do with the umbilical cord stump and area around it.

You can use an alcohol swab daily around the cord stump to help dry it out more quickly, but Swanson says that's not necessary as long as you keep the area dry by giving sponge baths and rolling the top of the diaper down.

But if the area continues to smell and discharge, won't stop bleeding, or the skin of the belly around the cord looks red or infected, you'll need to call your doctor.

Treat normal umbilical cord bleeding by cleaning the area around the umbilical cord and applying a small amount of pressure to the umbilical stump to slow and stop the bleeding.

The FIT - 5 (price tag: around $ 1,300) is a nine - pound (four - kilogram) red disk that resembles a land mine and is deployed like a grenade: A firefighter pulls its cord and tosses the disk into the area engulfed in flames; within seconds the FIT - 5 releases a wispy cloud of potassium carbonate, a flame retardant that suppresses combustion and disrupts fire at the molecular level.

This type of treatment involves confining the affected animal to a cage or small area for four to six weeks and using anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce swelling around the spinal cord.