Patient's question:
A friend's baby has just been born and has been diagnosed with increased lung in both lungs, multiple small spots and patchy hazy shadows in the lungs, which is neonatal hyaline membrane disease. The heart rate and breathing are normal, there is no coughing, and the baby's cry is very normal. The baby has been in an incubator all the time. Please ask about the X-ray manifestations of neonatal hyaline membrane disease?Doctor's answer:
Symptoms of neonatal hyaline membrane disease, more common in full-term and post-term infants, are more prevalent in male infants than in female infants. Medical history may include intrauterine distress or birth asphyxia. In milder cases, the infant's breathing rate increases to over 60 breaths per minute, or even up to 80 breaths per minute, with cyanosis of the lips but normal responsiveness, loud crying, and unaffected feeding. In more severe cases, the breathing rate can exceed 100 breaths per minute, with significant cyanosis, groaning, poor responsiveness, and refusal to eat or cry.