[ozmidwifery] Granuloma umbilicus

2006-08-23 Thread Natalie Dash
Hi everyone, My clients baby boy is 6 1/2weeks old has a Granuloma Umbilicus. She has been told by the Drto 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

Re: [ozmidwifery] Granuloma umbilicus

2006-08-23 Thread Jan Robinson
Silver Nitrate is the go Natalie Most medicos recommend it and it works. 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