Newborn baby's mouth turns purple

Since newborns have just come out into the world and come into contact with the external environment and they have to breathe independently, they need a process to adapt to the drastic changes in the environment. In addition, some babies will have breathing problems due to their personal reasons, which will most directly cause the baby's mouth to turn purple. Secondly, of course there are some other reasons. The following editor will take you to understand this panicking problem.

If a newborn baby has purple lips, it is necessary to observe whether there is dryness around the mouth in addition to the lips. If this happens, it is a sign of hypoxia. It is also necessary to observe whether the child has other symptoms, such as whether the child's breathing is fast or not, and his mental state, because pneumonia may also cause this kind of hypoxia. In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to screening the child's heart and observe whether a murmur can be heard during auscultation. If the child has congenital heart developmental abnormalities, it may also cause purple lips, or purple extremities and around the mouth.

There are many reasons why your baby's lips may turn purple. If a child has purple lips when he is just born, it may be due to congenital heart disease. If a child has no symptoms in the early stages but develops purple lips in the later stages and is accompanied by pneumonia and other infection symptoms, the child may have hypoxemia. Some children may even experience respiratory failure, which may be caused by poisoning from some drugs.

Purple lips in children are commonly caused by respiratory diseases, such as pneumonia, heart failure, neonatal hyaline membrane disease, pulmonary edema or airway obstruction, as well as central nervous system depression, congenital heart disease, pulmonary hypertension syndrome, neonatal exposure to cold air environment, hemoglobinemia, contact with aniline dyes, etc. Auxiliary diagnosis should be combined with blood oxygen saturation, blood routine, chest X-ray, ultrasound structure, etc.