Patient's question:
Sometimes the child seems to have rather rapid breathing and it sounds like there is phlegm in the throat. What is inhalation pneumonia in newborns?Doctor's answer:
Newborns, during the intrauterine period or during the process of labor, may suffer from fetal drowning due to various reasons such as the mother suffering from pregnancy poisoning, hypertension, placental aging leading to poor placental circulation, umbilical cord, excessive bleeding during labor, difficult labor, etc. Fetal drowning can stimulate the fetal respiratory center, causing the fetus that was not breathing in the uterus to breathe again, thereby inhaling amniotic fluid into the respiratory tract and lungs. Some substances in the amniotic fluid, such as sebum and epithelial cells, can cause chemical and mechanical irritation in the alveoli, leading to pneumonia again. Since the occurrence of amniotic fluid aspiration pneumonia is related to fetal difficulty breathing in the uterus or during labor due to drowning, the key to prevention is preventing fetal drowning during the intrauterine period or during labor.