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What Causes Distended Belly In Newborns?
my 5 week old daughter is in the nicu still after being born due to maintaing her tempature to room temp and a disintened belly which nothing is coming out of it and they stooped her feeds for 48hours.whats the cause of this and will her tummy get better
Mon, 5 Dec 2016
A distended belly in a newborn maybe due to infection or subacute obstruction in the intestine. Based on the X ray and blood reports, further treatment with antibiotics or other management will be planned. Giving feeds during this period will increase the infection, so it is better to stop feeds and give IV fluids instead.
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