Premature babies are not ALWAYS sick. If they are born extremely premature then they have a higher risk for things like infection, respiratory distress, NEC, just to name a few. But older premature babies, for example a 33 week baby, may be perfectly healthy, just needs to learn how to nipple feed and gain weight before he/she goes home. A premature baby such as that would not be considered "sick".
This is because premature babies don't produce or don't produce enough of a substance called surfactant, a detergent like substance that decreases surface tension of the inner lining of the lung. Essentially, it helps the lung inflate without much effort by preventing binding of the lung surfaces.
the lungs are the last part to develop on a baby. A premature baby hasn't fully developed their lungs yet.
Unless the infant is sick or choking, it should not at all have a hard time breathing.
Usually infants often have difficulty breathing from anaphylactic shock, choking, or trauma.
The lungs have not fully developed in a premature infant.
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Infants with serious apnea may need medications to stimulate breathing or oxygen through a tube inserted in the nose. Some infants may be placed on a ventilator.
if you inhale sulphur then you could get increased respiratory symptoms and disease, difficulty in breathing, and premature death.
Increase weight and improve motor development in premature infants?
Inhaling sulfur dioxide is associated with increased respiratory symptoms and disease, difficulty in breathing, and premature death.
The symptoms of respiratory distress syndrome are breathing that is rapid and the center of the chest and rib cage pull inward with each breath.
this is characterized by breathing difficulty due to allergy
Premature infants treated with daily massage therapy gain more weight and have shorter hospital stays than infants who are not massaged.
Sherri Nance has written: 'Premature Babies' -- subject(s): Infants (Premature)
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Young, teenage mothers are at a higher risk for having premature infants.
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Perinatologists are the doctors who specialize in sick newborns. Pediatricians and NICU nurses are also caregivers to premature infants.