Newborns without umbilical cords?

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The belly button is an organ that can be easily seen just above the abdominal wall, but they are not really important. In fact, many babies are born without a belly button, but when they grow up they still have a normal life. Therefore, it is important to consider whether the absence of umbilical cord in the child is accompanied by any congenital pathology for timely examination and treatment, to avoid later effects.

1. Why was born without a belly button?

The culprits of baby without umbilicus are two types of umbilical hernias or perforations, which can appear in the abdominal wall at birth as gastroenteritis and uterine prolapse. Infants with this condition have a hole in the abdominal wall on one side of the umbilical cord. At birth, the intestines protrude through this hole. A child's stomach disorder can be completely corrected with surgery, but the belly button itself is a hump.
Faisal Qureshi, a pediatric surgeon at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, USA, says most parents of kids with stomach disorders don't even see the navel. , but sometimes we can stretch the navel through the hole. When done this way, the navel will form a barrier on its own. But in some other cases the hole is too big to do this. Shaheen Timmapuri, a pediatric surgeon at St. Christopher, USA said, if the umbilical cord cannot be saved, we will still try to relock it the way you would tie a purse string, pull it into a circle and it also wrinkled, creating the appearance of a normal navel.
Babies born with a defect in the abdominal wall will not have a belly button. The intestines or other abdominal organs protrude through a hole in the center of the baby's abdomen, right where the navel is.

2. Stages of Development

In the early stages of pregnancy, the umbilical cord is attached to the fetus inside, not outside. Around week 11, the abdominal wall will seal the intestines, leaving only a small hole for the umbilical cord. Then, the abdominal muscles will grow together, completely sealing and creating the navel.
An abdominal wall defect occurs when the process does not happen in a natural way. In contrast to gastritis, the abdominal organs may protrude beyond the intestine and some other protruding organs are all encased in a lining.
According to pediatric surgeon Faisal Qureshi, imagine yourself as a piece of cloth with a large hole and then imagine putting a sock through the hole. The sock is the lining, intestines, and other organs located inside the sock. Doctors will repair the defect with the abdominal muscle wall surgically or they may use a technique called scouring, in which the lining is dried with betadine or a similar material, allowing the skin to grow up there. This often requires follow-up surgery to repair the muscle as the child gets older. Pediatric surgeon Shaheen Timmapuri said that babies with lipomas definitely don't have belly buttons, so doctors often try to apply fashion elements to create the look.

3. How to overcome the situation of no belly button

It can be scary and unsettling if your baby has one of the conditions that cause them to have no belly button. Fortunately, we always have treatments for this condition. In some cases, all that's left is a small scar.
According to the US National Institutes of Health, the health of a child depends on whether the child has other comorbidities? Related birth defects are rare in infants with gastroparesis, but an estimated 25 to 40% of infants with abdominal wall defects have other birth defects, such as Chromosomal abnormalities and heart defects. If your child has one of these abdominal wall deformities, you can find support and more information from other parents in the Parenting Community. Visit the gastroenterology and birth defects groups or search the community for cases of abdominal wall defects for relevant discussions and experiences.

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Reference source: babycenter.com