However have seen one woman who did not want to put anything on it and left it to dry and eventually shriveled up into a smaller mass inside the umbi.
She put small piece of plastic under nappy to protect it and left it exposed to air for a good five minutes every time nappy changed. Blow dry with hairdryer after bath or other wetting.
It took about three weeks to grow good skin over raw areas.
Jan
Jan Robinson Independent Midwife Practitioner
National Coordinator Australian Society of Independent Midwives
8 Robin Crescent South Hurstville NSW 2221 Phone/Fax: 02 9546 4350
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Hi everyone,
My clients baby boy is 6 1/2 weeks old & has a Granuloma Umbilicus. She has been told by the Dr to treat it with Silver Nitrate (stick from the chemist) & that it should drop off in 3 - 5 days. She wondered if there were any effective natural ways to treat it... she read online about sea salt. If not & S.N was used, is it possible that it could burn the skin surrounding the granuloma? Could the SN leak into the surrounding tissue? Are there any possible complications that may not have been mentioned to her?
Thanks
Natalie
Innate Birth
Childbirth Education & Birth Support
4757 2080
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