Patient's question:
Is hyaline membrane disease common in hospitals? I want to know what symptoms are usually associated with this disease?Doctor's answer:
Neonatal hyaline membrane disease refers to the transition from oxygen supply through the umbilical cord circulation to self-circulation. When babies begin to breathe through their lungs, they need surfactant to open alveolar tension. However, due to congenital underdevelopment of the lungs, a lack or reduction of surfactant, alveoli cannot open, forming a hyaline membrane in the lungs and making it impossible to breathe through the lungs. Without active treatment, respiratory failure will lead to death. Neonatal hyaline membrane disease is more common in premature infants. Since the lungs of premature infants are underdeveloped and there are no pathological factors, full-term infants do not develop hyaline membrane disease.