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How To Treat Infant Having Breathing Problem Due To Pneumonia?
I ve been in a plyhydramnios condition. I gave birth at 39 weeks to a baby boy and now currently experiencing hard to swallow condition and having hard time to breathe, without the aid of oxygen machine he can t breathe, the neonatalogist said my baby has pneumonia. Please do help on what medical advice you can give me.
Mon, 22 Dec 2014
General & Family Physician, Dr. Samarth 's Response
child if presents with Respiratory distress soon after birth , can be due to either Congenital pneumonia, TTNB, HMD in preterms, or Meconium aspiration. In your case, pneumonia in neonates is a serious condition. It requires usually 7 to 10 days of I.V. antibiotics with oxygen supplementation. If the child has been put on a ventilator machine, that suggests a very poor prognosis for the child. The child will require a good nursery care with heavy anibiotics(according to culture sensitivity if positive) in form of Injection Meropenem, Vancomycin or any third generation Cephalosporin. Xray might give us a clue on how bad the chest is.
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How To Treat Infant Having Breathing Problem Due To Pneumonia?
child if presents with Respiratory distress soon after birth , can be due to either Congenital pneumonia, TTNB, HMD in preterms, or Meconium aspiration. In your case, pneumonia in neonates is a serious condition. It requires usually 7 to 10 days of I.V. antibiotics with oxygen supplementation. If the child has been put on a ventilator machine, that suggests a very poor prognosis for the child. The child will require a good nursery care with heavy anibiotics(according to culture sensitivity if positive) in form of Injection Meropenem, Vancomycin or any third generation Cephalosporin. Xray might give us a clue on how bad the chest is.