Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome Symptoms

Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome mainly happened in premature infants, may be normal crying just birth, after 6 - 12 hours, occur symptoms include respiratory difficulty, with a gradual increased groaning. Irregular breathing, occasionally apnea, pale or gray due to hypoxia, cyanosis Obviously after right-to-left shunt, not to reduce symptoms even if the oxygen supply, infant with severe hypoxia were lower limb muscle tone. Signs are nasal flap, the beginning of uplift after thoracic atelectasis increased thoracic subsidence followed to armpit when the thoracic breathing more pronounced depression of soft tissue in order to geo-ribbed, the lower end of the sternum The most obvious reduction in lung breath sounds. NRDS is self-limited disease, if survive more than three days, can increase lung maturity, and possibility restore. However, many infants with NRDS are complicated by pneumonia and lead to increase the condition, can improved symptoms after infection control. In serious condition, infant may be death three days after birth, the highest mortality rate is in the next day after birth.

The mild case of Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, it late onset, may be breathing difficulties in 24 ~ 48 hours after birth, but the symptoms are relatively mildly, no moans, no bruising, improved after 3-4 days.