Is infantile septicemia asymptomatic?

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Neonatal sepsis is a serious infectious disease in neonatal period. When pathogens invade the blood of newborns and grow, reproduce and produce toxins, they cause systemic inflammatory reaction. Neonatal sepsis is often lack of typical clinical manifestations, but the progress is rapid, the condition is dangerous, become the characteristics of neonatal sepsis. Is infantile septicemia asymptomatic? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Is infantile septicemia asymptomatic?

It can be divided into early style and late style. Early onset usually occurs within 7 days after birth. Infection usually occurs before or at birth. The main pathogenic bacteria are E. coli and other G-bacilli, with multiple system involvement, dangerous condition and high mortality.

The late onset onset is 7 days after birth. The infection occurs at birth or after birth. Staphylococcus and Klebsiella pneumoniae are the common pathogens. There are often local infection foci such as omphalitis and pneumonia. The mortality is early and the onset is relatively low.

The early clinical manifestations of neonatal sepsis are often atypical, especially in premature infants. It can also show non-specific symptoms such as normal body temperature, low reaction, pale or gray complexion, mental wilt, no weight gain and so on.

matters needing attention

Septicemia patients should take a high protein diet, especially some animal protein and bean protein with good quality and high digestion and absorption rate, such as poultry eggs, milk, fish and shrimp, lean meat, animal blood, animal viscera, tofu, soybean milk, etc.