What is neonatal sepsis?

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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. What is neonatal sepsis?

What is neonatal sepsis?

1. 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.

2. 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

3. The diagnosis of this disease can be considered according to the high-risk factors in the history (such as fever, leukocytosis, premature rupture of membranes, etc.), clinical symptoms and signs, changes of peripheral blood picture, obvious increase of C-reactive protein, etc.), and the diagnosis depends on the detection of pathogen or pathogen antigen.

matters needing attention

Newborns can't eat independently, so doctors need to give specific dietary guidance. Nutrition should be comprehensive and easy to absorb; Milk is rich in amino acids, suitable for newborns to eat, rice soup is rich in B vitamins, can be eaten alternately with milk, balanced nutrition