Patient's question:
The baby was born yesterday. Maybe because the baby's head was too big. My wife gave birth for a long time before she came out, which caused the baby to inhale amniotic fluid. Today the doctor checked and said the baby might have pneumonia and needs treatment. What are the symptoms of neonatal pneumonia?Doctor's answer:
Neonatal pneumonia is a very serious illness. According to the number of days since birth and the cause of the illness in the child, it can be divided into aspiration pneumonia and infectious pneumonia. Aspiration pneumonia usually means that the child has inhaled some amniotic fluid into their lungs. At this time, some phenomena of lung vital capacity tests will be displayed. It usually lasts for more than three days. Some cases of meconium aspiration into the lungs are relatively severe, or aspiration of milk residue into the lungs can lead to suffocation. This can cause symptoms such as difficulty breathing, cyanosis, and nasal flaring. Infectious pneumonia can also lead to symptoms such as difficulty breathing, cyanosis, shortness of breath, fever, and poor mental state, as well as manifestations such as poor suckling and foaming at the mouth.