What are the symptoms of infection in premature infants?

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Newborn babies are called newborn babies. As we all know, newborn babies are not well-developed in all organs of the body, so the body's resistance is very weak. In general, neonatal infection has a great impact on children's health. In fact, if parents can understand more about the symptoms of neonatal infection at ordinary times, For the timely detection and prevention of neonatal diseases is very important, what are the symptoms of infection in premature infants? Let's study and discuss with you.

What are the symptoms of infection in premature infants?

① Mental state: can have short-term restlessness, later turn to weak reaction, drowsiness, weak crying and even coma. Activity: crying and hyperactivity when irritable, but soon less activity, or even immobility.

② Complexion: dark, yellowish, severe blue, white or purple. Body temperature: a few of them may have fever, but most of them are normal or lower. The fluctuation of body temperature within 24 hours is not more than 1 ℃. Premature, low birth weight infants and sick infants do not rise in body temperature, but also hard swelling, low hand and foot temperature.

③ Sucking: the sucking force is weakened, the amount of sucking is small, and even the sucking is rejected. Nausea, vomiting and diarrhea are common. Peripheral circulation: poor peripheral circulation, dark skin, hair flower, finger pressure abdominal skin, more than 2 seconds to restore the original color, cool hands and feet.

matters needing attention

1. Reasonable nutrition. The nutritional requirement of newborns is high, but the digestive and metabolic functions are limited. Therefore, adequate nutrition is required to ensure the needs of growth and development, and excessive feeding is not allowed, so as not to cause excessive burden on the gastrointestinal tract of newborns. Proper mastery of reasonable nutrition has the most decisive influence on strengthening the physique and resistance. 2. Breastfeeding. Breast milk contains more immune active substances than milk substitutes. It can provide all the nutrients needed by newborns: protein, fat, lactose, vitamins, iron. In particular, breast milk contains anti infective antibodies (immunoglobulin) and anti infective active white blood cells, bifidus factors, lysozyme, etc. they can enhance immune function and prevent the growth of harmful bacteria, It can reduce the chance of infection.