Clinical manifestations of aspiration pneumonia in infants

Whether the baby can grow up healthily is the most concerned issue for parents. Once the baby has one disease or another, parents will be very worried. Therefore, we recommend that parents should have some knowledge of common infant diseases so that once the baby has a problem, they will know how to deal with it. Aspiration pneumonia is a type of pneumonia that occurs more commonly in infants, so it is necessary for us to understand the clinical manifestations of aspiration pneumonia.

Pneumonia is one of the common diseases in neonates. Premature babies are more likely to develop this disease. Neonatal lung infection can occur before, during or after delivery. Before birth, if the fetus lacks itching in the uterus and inhales amniotic fluid, the disease usually occurs within 1 to 2 days after birth. During delivery, if the membranes break early, the labor is prolonged, or the fetus inhales contaminated amniotic fluid or birth canal secretions, the fetus may also be infected with pneumonia. But after the child is born, if there are carriers among the people the child comes into contact with, he or she is likely to be infected. In addition, the lungs may be infected through the blood circulation by sepsis, omphalitis, or enteritis.

1 The main symptoms are fever, cough, and wheezing. The onset of pneumonia can be acute or slow, and usually occurs a few days after an upper respiratory tract infection. The first symptom is fever or cough, with body temperature generally between 38 and 39 degrees Celsius. Adenovirus pneumonia can cause high fever for 1 to 2 weeks.

2 Weak babies may not have a fever or their temperature may even be lower than normal.

3 There will be coughing, choking or milk leaking from the nose.

4 Common symptoms include poor appetite, poor spirits, irritability, and restless sleep.

5 Severely ill children may experience symptoms of breathing difficulties such as flaring of the nostrils and bluish discoloration around the mouth, and may even develop respiratory failure or heart failure.

6 The sick child may also experience digestive system symptoms such as vomiting, abdominal distension, and diarrhea.

In the above article, we introduced that parents are very concerned about the physical health of their babies. Since babies have relatively low immunity and resistance, they are prone to various diseases. The above article details the clinical manifestations of infant aspiration pneumonia.