Therapeutic effect of table salt on umbilical granuloma in infants- North Indian experience
Journal Title: IP International Journal of Medical Paediatrics and Oncology - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction Umbilical granuloma is one of the distressing problem to the patients and parents due its red fleshy look and continuous ooze of watery fluids It is the most common umbilical problem in infants Normally umbilical cord separates 710 days after birth and umbilical cicatrix gets epithelised thereafter It has been found that table saltcommon salt has therapeutic effect in curing umbilical granulomaMaterials and Methods This prospective observational study was done at GSV medical College Kanpur enrolling 126 infants of age 4th to 20 weeks from Jan 2010 to July 2017 After excluding other umbilical problems all granuloma patients mother were advised to apply common salt on it twice a day for one week Patients were followed up on 1st and 4th week of starting treatmentResults In our study out of 126 patients 121 showed excellent result In this group 78 were male and 43 were female infants Overall cure rate was 963 which is as per international standard by other study groupDiscussion It has been postulated that due to some infection the normal epithelisation of umbilical cicatrix does not happen and overgrowth of granulomatous tissue takes place This granuloma is devoid of any nerve tissue Spontaneous regression of this granuloma is unknown so there are different treatment modalities evolved for this problem The desicant effect of common salt is the main mechanism of action of its curing propertyConclusion Treatment of umbilical granuloma with table salt is very effective easy and safe on out patient basis Parents can directly involve here with great satisfaction as it is cost effective tooKeywords Umbilical granuloma Table salt Infants Common salt
Authors and Affiliations
Rakesh Kumar Tripathi, Pinaki Ranjan Debnath, Shalu Shah, Divya Tripathi, Ekta Debnath
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- DOI 10.18231/2581-4702.2018.0017
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