Patient's question:
The child is a premature baby. These days, whenever I change her diaper, she refuses to eat and sleeps all day. The jaundice on her body has disappeared and then reappeared. The hospital did a blood test and found it to be sepsis. I don't know what to do. Hello, what should I do about sepsis in a premature baby?Doctor's answer:
Especially for premature infants born before 32 weeks, the first challenge they face is thorough respiratory clearance. Due to immature lung development and a lack of pulmonary surfactant, they may experience respiratory distress again after birth. The second challenge is infection. Prematurity is often caused by infection, such as maternal gynecological inflammation or amniotic fluid cell hyperplasia. Additionally, premature infants receive fewer antibodies from their mothers and are more prone to secondary infections. Once sepsis occurs, antibiotic treatment is initiated based on clinical experience, while blood culture and drug sensitivity tests are conducted. Subsequently, treatment with sufficient courses of sensitive antibiotics is administered based on the drug sensitivity results.