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Silver nitrate, chemical burn??.. Picture included!

bethanyjane26bethanyjane26 member
edited October 2015 in September 2015 Moms
At her 2 week appointment yesterday the doctor put silver nitrate on her belly button because it wasn't dried up but the cord fell off.
It looks really red and irritated. I'll call the doctor in the morning to ask them if it's normal to be red.. But when I googled it, it said could be chemical burn??
Did anyone else have their doctor use this??
I added a picture of her belly, when I wipe it off with a rag it doesn't seem to hurt her.. But it doesn't look good!
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Re: Silver nitrate, chemical burn??.. Picture included!

  • LouLouLoveLouLouLove member
    My baby got this treatment too. The doctor mentioned the skin would look gray or black, but didn't mention red. I'd check with your doctor. Glad it doesn't seem to bother your LO.
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  • bethanyjane26bethanyjane26 member
    @LouLouLove Yeah, the red is the scary part :/. Looks like her skin is raw!
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  • kanga915kanga915 member
    My first DD got silver nitrate on her belly button too. The doctor applied it and told us to neutralize it with alcohol when we got home. We had no problems. Did they tell you the same?
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  • bethanyjane26bethanyjane26 member
    @kanga915 no they just said leave her band aid on 24 hours and that's it
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  • mel0601mel0601 member
    My son had a minor umbilical granuloma and had to have silver nitrate. Eventually it mended itself thankfully. But Even that didn't look anything like that. Was he supposed to get the skin? Or just the inner part with the cord?
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  • bethanyjane26bethanyjane26 member
    @mel0601 it was suppose to be just inside her belly button. But it looks like it's all over!
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  • awells189awells189 member
    I would call the dr. We had it done and like other posters, we didn't have red. (Our also said nothing about alcohol btw)
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  • mel0601mel0601 member
    Id definitely go back and have it looked at. Poor thing! It doesn't look right! Please update us!
    Don't forget to ask for a second opinion of your not happy with the answer.
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  • bethanyjane26bethanyjane26 member
    @mel0601 I'll call her doctor tomorrow and if they say it's nothing or don't see me, I'll be taking her to urgent care. And possibly find another doctor depending on the outcome.
    It seems like they got the stuff on her skin, maybe applied too much?!
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  • pregat40pregat40 member
    My son had silver nitrate too and his pedi said if it turned red to bring him back so your little needs to be seen...
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  • jen83mnjen83mn member
    Poor little girl :( That looks so painful; glad it doesn't seem to bother her! I would definitely bring her in to the doc.
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  • bethanyjane26bethanyjane26 member
    Called the doctor, now I'm just waiting on a call back. :/
    Don't they know not to leave new moms waiting?!?
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  • bethanyjane26bethanyjane26 member
    Update.

    They said it's an allergic reaction to the band aid. And gave me ointment for it.
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  • mel0601mel0601 member
    Bless. Ok well at least you have an answer and a ways to fix it! Sending quick healing vibes!!
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  • bethanyjane26bethanyjane26 member
    I don't feel like it's an allergic reaction though. The red doesn't go with where the band aid was..
    I will probably end up switching peds, I didn't really like how they handled this.

    I called and had to leave a voicemail, it took almost 2 hours for a call back, they had me email them pictures, and another hour later they said it was an allergic reaction and gave me ointment.

    I would rather have gone in for them to actually see it, and I don't think it's what they say :/ the ointment should help either way but I'll probably find a new doctor..
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