Dry care, or keeping a wound clean and dry using only soap and water, is no worse than standard antiseptics for preventing infection of the umbilical cord stump in newborns, according to a study ...

Belly button infections can lead to sepsis, a life-threatening condition, if untreated. Symptoms of an infection include redness, tenderness, pain, swelling, and possible discharge. Newborns with ...

A previous systematic review found no evidence that doing nothing but keeping the umbilical stump clean was harmful to the infant (Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004;[3]:CD001057). No systemic ...

‘Lint ball’ omphalitis, a rare cause of umbilical discharge in an adult woman: a case report "Umbilical discharge in adult is rare and is usually induced by foreign material, most commonly hair.

Deaths in the neonatal period, that is, the first 28 days of life, account for about 40% of all deaths in children younger than 5 years. 1 Achieving Millennium Development Goal 4, which stipulates a ...