What is the reason for a baby's belly button to bulge out? What should I do if a baby is bitten by a mosquito?

Careful people may have noticed that many newborn babies have bulging belly buttons. Everyone says that this is a common phenomenon for many babies and will disappear on its own when they grow up. So what is the reason for a baby's bulging belly button? What should you do if a baby is bitten by a mosquito?

Why is the baby's belly button bulging?

1. The baby's navel is bulging, which is medically called umbilical hernia. When the baby coughs and cries, the intra-abdominal pressure increases, and there is a protruding spherical or hemispherical mass in the navel. This mass is caused by the developmental defects of the abdominal wall muscles and aponeurosis left in the navel, which causes the peritoneum and other tissues to protrude from the umbilical ring and form a hernia. If you press it gently with your hands, it can return to the abdominal cavity.

2. Generally, umbilical hernia in children can heal naturally within 1 year old. If your baby is still like this after being over 6 months old, you should take some simple measures at home to speed up the healing of umbilical hernia.

3. Use a coin (put a piece of soft cloth on the skin first) or the convex surface of half a ping-pong ball to press the belly button and fix it so that the belly button no longer protrudes, which can speed up its healing.

4. Cut two 4 cm wide tapes into traction tapes, cut off one third of each side of one end of one tape, and let it pass through the hole cut on the other tape. Before sticking the tape, apply some benzoic acid tincture on the skin to protect the skin, then stick the tape on both sides of the navel, and then pull the two tapes tightly together, and change them every half a month. The purpose of this is to make the navel sink and close the defect of the umbilical hernia to facilitate the healing of the umbilical hernia. This method usually takes effect in about 3 months.

If the umbilical hernia does not improve after using these two methods, you should go to the hospital for treatment.

What to do if mosquito bites baby

[Treatment of mosquito bites] After being bitten by a mosquito, you can use soap (or perfumed soap) dipped in water to rub it, wait for a while, and it will stop itching.

[Treatment of mosquito bites 2] After being bitten by a mosquito, quickly take a hot water bottle stopper and place it on the bite for 2 to 3 minutes. Repeat several times and the severe itching will disappear, and no erythema or papules will appear. The bottle stopper should be hot but not burn the skin.

[Treatment of mosquito bites 3] When the itching caused by mosquito bites is unbearable, you can grind 1 to 2 aspirin tablets, mix it into a paste with a small amount of cold boiled water, and apply it to the mosquito bite to reduce swelling and relieve itching.

[Treatment of mosquito bites 4] After being bitten by fleas, mosquitoes, caterpillars, and ants, applying toothpaste, vinegar, lemon juice, mashed green onion leaves, garlic, sanitary balls, onions, etc. can relieve itching.

[Treatment of mosquito bites 5] After mosquito bites, you can rinse with soapy water or baking soda to neutralize the acidic toxins secreted by mosquitoes. You can also dilute it with floral water and apply it locally. If it is itchy, you can use compound calamine lotion to relieve itching. If accompanied by suppuration, you can apply erythromycin ointment locally. If the infection is more serious, you should use oral anti-inflammatory drugs. If the local area is red, swollen, hot, and has a fever, allergies should be considered, and anti-allergic treatment should be combined and timely medical treatment should be sought. Prevent your baby from scratching and causing inflammation.

Infant and child massage precautions

1. Time

Babies need massage the most when they are between 0 and 3 years old. The earlier the better. Babies need long-term massage, which should be done every day, once or twice a day, and 15 minutes each time is best. The time can be flexible and can be controlled by parents. Massage is not a formal ritual. Touching the baby's hands and feet while feeding, and touching his back while sleeping are all forms of massage.

2. Preparation

Before massage, create a good environment for your baby. The room temperature should not be lower than 22 degrees, and it is better to have sunshine. Keep the room clean and peaceful, and play some quiet and relaxing music. Parents should wash their hands before massage, trim their nails, rub their hands to warm them up, and prepare massage oil or moisturizer.

3. Tips

The intensity of the touch is particular, and the technique should be gentle and smooth. It is best to make the baby feel no pain or itchiness. If the baby's skin is slightly red after the touch, it means that the intensity is just right. Do not limit the touch to one or a few places on the baby. The larger the area, the more benign stimulation to the baby. There is no need to pay attention to the accuracy of the parts, because this is not a massage after all. The order of touch starts from the forehead, followed by the chin, head, chest, abdomen, hands, feet, back, and buttocks.

What to do if your baby has ear deformities

1. If the child is born with ear deformities, if the hearing is normal, it can be treated with plastic surgery when the child grows up. Guidance: When the child is feeding, you can gently pull the curled part of the child's ear to stretch it out and then observe. Surgery can be performed when the child grows up.

2. “Protruding ears” are originally caused by a deformed auricle

Small ears with imperfect structures are often called "ear deformities", which are subdivided into structural deformities and morphological deformities. Structural deformities refer to the loss of skin or cartilage tissue due to atrophy or poor development of the ear pinna; morphological deformities refer to the deformity of the ear pinna being well developed but abnormal in shape.

The familiar "protruding ears" that resemble the elves in cartoons are actually a deformed auricle. In addition, helix deformity, cup-shaped ears, drooping ears, retracted ears, hidden ears, etc. also belong to this category. Sometimes, two or more of the above deformities exist at the same time.

What causes the baby's auricle to be deformed? There are many reasons, and genetic factors are the first. If the parents' auricles are not well-shaped, it often leads to abnormal auricles in their children. In addition, "failures" during embryonic development may also cause abnormal folding during the development of auricular cartilage. Loss of skin and cartilage in the auricle area is also a common cause of abnormal morphology.

3. Don’t wait for your ears to “grow up” if you discover something abnormal

For parents, it is easier to find abnormal auricle shape than structural abnormality. When problems occur, some anxious parents say: Pulling and rubbing the ears should be able to "reshape" them back to a perfect shape; while more open-minded parents say: When the baby grows up, the ears will grow too!

This is "taken for granted", right? In fact, these ideas are likely to delay the best time to correct the abnormal auricle shape. Because the plasticity of the auricle shape is proportional to the content of "hyaluronic acid", and the content of "hyaluronic acid" is closely related to progesterone. Under the stimulation of maternal progesterone, the fetus's "hyaluronic acid" content is higher; after the fetus is separated from the mother, the residual progesterone in its body will remain at a relatively high level, and enter a rapid decline stage 6 weeks after birth.

Therefore, once parents find that their baby's auricle is abnormal, they should seize the opportunity to correct it. In particular, babies with a family history of abnormal auricle should be referred to a hospital with qualifications for auricle deformity correction as soon as possible for treatment.

4. Correction can be received within one week after birth

The earlier = the better! The critical treatment period (or the best age for correction) for abnormal auricle morphology is between the 7th and 30th day after the baby is born. That is, if the abnormal auricle morphology does not improve after the 7th day after the baby is born, non-invasive correction should be performed as soon as possible. The treatment cycle is usually 2 weeks, and the cure rate can reach 95%.

Of course, babies under 2 months old can also receive correction, and the treatment period is about 2 to 4 weeks; some babies between 2 and 6 months old can still receive non-invasive correction according to their own development conditions, but the treatment period will be extended to 4 to 6 weeks. Babies over 6 months old basically cannot receive non-invasive correction, and need to wait until their age and physical development conditions meet the standards for surgical treatment.