How long does it take for a newborn to recover from cerebral edema?

If a newborn suffers from cerebral edema, the harm is relatively large. This disease seriously threatens the child's health. The mortality rate of neonatal cerebral edema is also very high. At this time, timely treatment should be given to correct the child's acidosis and anti-cerebral edema treatment should be carried out in time. If treated properly, the child's symptoms will gradually improve and he will gradually recover in about a week. Let's take a look at this aspect.

How long does it take for a newborn to recover from cerebral edema?

The mortality rate of neonatal cerebral edema is still relatively high, so everyone must pay special attention to it. Neonatal edema will have symptoms of headache in the early stage of the disease. Patients will also have symptoms such as cerebral edema, hypertension, vomiting, etc. If the patient has no other complications and uses drugs in time to control the disease, it will recover in about a week. Of course, if the patient has more serious neonatal cerebral edema, due to the wider range of the lesion, it will also form symptoms such as epilepsy and paralysis, which is more harmful to the human body and the recovery time will be longer, so everyone should pay special attention.

Treatment

1. General treatment: Keep quiet and rest, ensure airway patency and oxygen supply, maintain blood pressure, blood sugar, and blood electrolytes within normal range, and correct acidosis in time.

2. Anti-cerebral edema treatment: Mannitol, furosemide, dexamethasone and other drugs can be used for comprehensive treatment.

3. Artificial sub-hibernation therapy: For patients with acute cerebral edema accompanied by fever, the body temperature should be lowered to 35-37°C within 2-3 hours, and sub-hibernation should be maintained for about 12 hours. The hibernation drugs should be removed and the body temperature should be gradually restored.

4. Oxygen free radical scavengers: Vitamin E, vitamin C, superoxide dismutase, catalase, etc. can be used.

5. Fluid therapy: Give isotonic or hypertonic (2.5%~5%) NaHCO3 solution to correct acidosis, and replenish water while dehydrating according to the condition.