This document summarizes minor disorders that can occur in newborns. It defines a newborn as an infant from birth until 28 days old. It then describes and provides treatment recommendations for common minor issues newborns may experience such as stuffy nose, sticky eyes, skin rashes, oral thrush, jaundice, engorgement of the breast, vomiting, diarrhea, hiccups, sneezing, failure to pass urine or meconium, excessive crying, excessive sleepiness, caput succedaneum, umbilical granuloma, pink eye, baby acne, and genital issues. The document stresses the importance of not neglecting minor health problems in newborns.

2. MINOR
DISORDERS OF
NEWBORN
PRESENTED BY
P. V. GREESHMA
1ST YEAR M. SC. NURSING
BISHOP BENZIGER
COLLEGE OF NURSING
KOLLAM

3. INTRODUCTION
THE MINOR DISORDERS
ARE MOST COMMON
AMONG NEWBORNS,
NEGLECTING THE MINOR
HEALTH PROBLEM IS ONE
OF THE FACTOR
CONTRIBUTING TO THE
NEWBORN MORTALITY
RATE.

4. DEFINITION OF TERM
NEWBORN OR NEONATE
FROM BIRTH TO TILL 28
DAYS THE BABY IS CALLED
NEWBORN OUR NEONATE

5. DEFINITION
MINOR AILMENTS ARE A
PHYSICAL CONDITION IN WHICH
THERE IS A DISTURBANCE OF
NORMAL FUNCTIONING.

6. STUFFY NOSE
LEAD TO MOUTH
BREATHING AND EXCESSIVE
AIR SWALLOWING.
TREATMENT: NOSTRILS
CLEANED BY COTTON
WOOL SOAKED WITH
NORMAL SALINE AND
NASAL SPRAY OR DROPS
CAN USE.

7. STICKY EYES
DUE TO CHEMICAL
IRRITANT OR BACTERIAL
INFECTIONS OF
STAPHYLOCOLOUS
TREATMENT:
ERYTHROMYCIN 0.5%
OINTMENT IS USED EVERY 6
HRS FOR 7-10 DAYS.

8. SKIN RASHES
SMALL PATCHES USUALLY TO
NAPKIN AREAS MAY INVOLVED
GROIN, AXILLA,FACE,LEGS AND
BACK.
TREATMENT: FREQUENT CARE

9. ORAL THRUSH
IT IS FUNGAL INFECTION
CHARACTERIZED BY WHITE
PATCHES IN THE MOUTH AND
TONGUE.
TREATMENT: SHOULD BE
TREATED MOTHERS VAGINAL
CANDIDIASIS DURING
ANTENATAL PERIOD. AFTER
EACH FEED CLEAN THE BABY’S
MOUTH AND MOTHERS NIPPLE
ALSO.

10. NEONATAL JAUNDICE
IT IS A YELLOW COLOR
OF SKIN USUALLY
APPEARING ON THE
FACE,CHEST, ABDOMEN,
AND LEGS.
TREATMENT. USUALLY
CORRECT ITSELF IN A
FEW DAYS. IF NOT THEN
BABY SHOULD KEEP ON
PHOTO THERAPY.

11. ENGORGED BREAST
DUE TO MATERNAL
HORMONES BREAST
BECOME SWOLLEN
TREATMENT: NO
TREATMENT REQUIRED,
DON’T SQUEEZE THE
BREAST.

12. VOMITING
DUE TO FAULTY
TECHNIQUES OF FEEDING.
STENOSIS, INTESTINAL
OBSTRUCTIONS,
INFECTIONS LIKE UTI,
TREATMENT: PROPER
TECHNIQUES OF BREAST
FEEDING IN PROPER
POSITION.
AVOID BOTTLE FEEDING.

13. DIARROHEA 1. DUE TO INTAKE OF
MATERNAL MEDICINES SUCH
AS AMPICILLIN ANY OTHER
DRUGS.
2. PUT ON EXCLUSIVE BREAST
FEED.
3. AVOID BOTTLE FEEDING
MAINTAIN HYGIENE
4. WASH NIPPLE AFTER EACH
FEED.

14. DUE TO INSUFFICIENT FLUID OR
MILK INTAKE.
MORE COMMON IN BOTTLE FED
INFANT.
MANAGEMENT: MILK OF
MAGNESIA ONE TEASPOON TWICE
A DAILY.
APPLY LUBRICANT OVER ANAL
REGION.

15. DUE TO FREQUENT LOOSE
STOOLS.
POOR HYGIENE.
TREATMENT: CHANGE
POSITION FROM TIME TO
TIME .
PUT BABY IN LATERAL OR
PRONE POSITION.
APPLY COCONUT OIL
SORE BUTTOCK

17. HICCUPS & SNEEZING
• HICUPS OCCUR IMMEDIATLY
AFTER A FEED DUE TO STOMACH
DISTENSION AND IRRITATION OF
DIAPHRAGM.
• SNEEZING OCCURS DUE TO
IRRITATION OF NOSTRILS.
• IT SHOULD BE SUCKED OUT BY
MUCOUS SUCKER.

18. FEVER

19. FAILURE TO PASS URINE & MECONIUM
1. HEALTHY BABY MUST PASS
URINE & MECONIUM WITHIN
24HRS.
2. MECONIUM IS FIRST STOOL
OF BABY WHICH IS DARK
GREEN IN COLOR.
3. IF BABY DOESN’T PASS THEN
IMMEDIATE INFORM
DOCTOR.

20. EXCESSIVE CRYING
1. DUE TO HUNGRY OR
DISCOMFORT.
2. MAY BE DUE TO FULL BLADDER
BEFORE PASSING URINE.
3. CONSTIPATION.
4. INSECT BITES.
TREATMENT:
1. FREQUENTLY FEED THE BABY
2. CHECK FOR URINE AND MOTION
3. COVER THE BABY FROM INSECTS

21. EXCESSIVE SLEEPINESS
• DUE TO SEDATION GIVEN TO
MOTHER AT TIME OF
LABOUR.
• SOME BABY SLEEPS AFTER A
FEW SUCK.
• THE BABY SHOULD KEPT
AROUSE DURING FEED BY
TICKLING ON THE SOLES
AND BEHIND THE EARS.

22. CAPUT SUCCEDANEUM
• BOGGY DIFFUSE EDEMATOUS
SWELLING OF SOFT TISSUES
OF SCALP OVER THE
PRESENTING PART.
• USUALLY COME TO NORMAL
IN FEW DAYS.

23. UMBILICAL GRANULOMA
• SIGN: AREAAROUND
UMBILICAL CORD. BECOMES
MOIST AND MAY SWELL,
OOZING AND BLEEDING MAY
OCCUR TOO.
• TREATMENT:
• TREAT WITH SILVER NITRATE

25. PINK EYE
• CONJUNCTIVITIS OR
PINK EYES HAVE YELLOW
DISCHARGE ALONG WITH
RED IRRITATED LOOKING
EYES
• TREATMENT:
• COLD COMPRESSES TO
REDUCE
SWELLING.APPLY
ANTIBIOTIC EYE DROP
OR OINTMNENT

26. BABY ACHNE
1. DUE TO PREGNANCY
HORMONES WHICH
STIMULATE THE OIL
GLANDS.
2. TREATMENT: WASH
BABY FACE WITH
MILD SOAP ONCE A
DAY.

27. GEINTAL CRISIS
1. MASTITIS
NEONATRUM
2. HYDROCELE
3. VAGINAL BLEEDING
IN FEMALE BABY

29. ANY DOUBT

30. DISCUSSION

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