What about hypoxic encephalopathy?

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Now there are more and more diseases and causes threatening the newborn. It is the greatest wish of parents to have a healthy and lovely baby. Today, we will introduce the harm of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain to the newborn. First of all, what is neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy? Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) refers to the brain damage of fetus or newborn caused by various perinatal hypoxia or ischemia reduction and pause. It can cause permanent brain dysfunction and is one of the main causes of neonatal disability and death. Let's take a look at the following.

What about hypoxic encephalopathy?

First: first of all to prevent neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, expectant mothers should be pregnant from the day of pregnancy, pregnant women should go to the hospital for prenatal examination, learn to measure fetal movement, in order to early detect intrauterine hypoxia. If fetal distress is found, it is necessary to support the puerpera immediately and prepare for neonatal resuscitation and support.

Second: the main clinical manifestations of neonatal cerebral hypoxia are: mostly full-term infants suitable for gestational age, disturbance of consciousness is an important manifestation of this disease. Brain edema is the characteristic of HIE in perinatal infants, with plump anterior fontanel, enlarged head circumference, convulsion, increased or weakened muscle tension. The original reflex was abnormal and the sucking reflex was weakened or disappeared. Severe central respiratory failure.

Third: infants whose brain tissue is extremely sensitive to hypoxia should be given oxygen reasonably as soon as possible. Protective isolation should be carried out and disinfection and isolation should be strictly carried out. Severe or with vomiting is not suitable for feeding milk, can have intravenous infusion of liquid and nutrition. The treatment and follow-up after the neonatal period started from February to March, and actively cooperated with rehabilitation treatment.

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Neonatal hypoxic encephalopathy is a kind of cerebrovascular disease with high disability rate. Parents must pay attention to and prevent it as soon as possible. Most of the children will have sequelae of different degrees after the disease. The general treatment methods, such as drugs, surgery and rehabilitation, are not very effective and have great side effects.