Why does my child sometimes have shortness of breath?

Everyone pays a lot of attention and care to the newborn baby. Some parents check on their children from time to time. Some careful mothers may find that their babies sometimes breathe very rapidly, making wheezing sounds, or even experiencing respiratory arrest. This makes many parents very worried, but don't worry, this is actually a normal phenomenon. Now, let me explain it to you.

Because the respiratory center of the newborn is not yet fully developed, the breathing frequency will be irregular, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes deep, sometimes shallow. This phenomenon is particularly obvious after falling asleep and is normal.

If the newborn has mild shortness of breath, parents do not need to worry; if the breathing is too rapid and obviously abnormal, it is necessary to go to the hospital for a comprehensive examination.

If a newborn has shortness of breath, you need to pay attention to whether there are any lesions in some parts of the baby. There are many reasons why a newborn may have shortness of breath, so if you don't pay attention to it, it may endanger your baby's life.

1. When a newborn has shortness of breath, in addition to excluding the possibility of congenital immature lung development, the first thing to do is to determine whether it is a respiratory infection. This may be caused by the incomplete development of the larynx and laryngeal bones in the newborn, or it may be caused by summer clothing, obstruction, foreign body interference in the respiratory tract, or it may be caused by viral infection.

2. Laryngeal edema. This is an acute, allergic vocal cord edema, mostly caused by seafood, medicine or bee stings. It has nothing to do with physical constitution and is often accompanied by respiratory tract edema.

3. Premature respiratory distress syndrome. If the baby is born within 34 weeks, the lungs may not be fully developed and the baby may suffer from premature respiratory distress syndrome.

4. Neonatal pneumonia causes sepsis and respiratory distress.

5. Congenital structural abnormalities: such as abnormal vascular structure, which compresses the respiratory tract and causes esophageal obstruction; or congenital abnormalities of the trachea.

6. Diaphragm disease: such as diaphragmatic hernia caused by lung hypoplasia.

Through the above introduction, all parents should know the reasons why children have shortness of breath. In addition, the editor would like to remind everyone that generally children breathe faster when they are sleeping than usual, so when the baby has shortness of breath, parents should open the windows and try to keep the room ventilated to ensure that the baby can breathe better when he has shortness of breath.