What in neonatal sepsis

Neonatal sepsis is a bacterial invasion through various channels in the neonatal period blood circulation, and the growth, produce toxins in the blood caused by systemic infection. Often more serious condition, also can with other organ systems of Pyogenic infection or damage, is one of the serious disease threatening the lives of newborns.

The performance typical of neonatal sepsis, there is no specific, complex and diverse, often overlooked at an early stage. Progression to a certain extent, caused when the parents is often more severe, treatment of a certain difficulty, there could be complications occur. Briefly below the clinical features of neonatal sepsis, so that the parents have some preliminary knowledge.

First, should understanding in some special situation Xia, children easy-patient sepsis, as mother in prenatal or production Shi has fever, and diarrhea or other infection of history; preterm premature rupture of early breaking, especially early breaking water 12 hours above; amniotic fluid cloudy stink; stage more long or newborn has asphyxia, and rescue history; delivery Shi disinfection does not strictly, delivery environment bad; and newborn has skin infection, and umbilical cord infection, and oral mucosa has damaged,. In addition, since itself immune function of premature and low birth weight infants is very poor, more likely to suffer from the disease. For newborns with the above, should attract the attention of caregivers and parents, need to closely observe and care, to detect disease change.

So, what are the performance of neonatal sepsis? Common performance have bad spirits in General, poor appetite, cry less milk, reduced, increased body temperature, or non liters, weight is not increased or reduced, as the disease progresses, and increasing, quickly appear not to eat, don\'t cry, fixed bad, complexion, mental depression, sleepiness, or seizure. Like the above symptoms occurs on the basis of the following exceptional performance, more tips of sepsis may.

1, jaundice: can exist simultaneously with these symptoms, it may be the only manifestation of septicemia. Particularly jaundice appears later; physiological jaundice after receding jaundice or jaundice occur when rapidly increased explained and cannot be used for other reasons, should be suspected of the disease.

2, hepatosplenomegaly: this appears relatively late, hepatosplenomegaly or other diseases explained. General enlargement of the liver is often more obvious than the spleen enlargement.

3, bleeding tendency: skin appears stasis, ecchymosis, even in severe cases take blood or a shot at the pinholes of blood more than, you can include hematemesis, blood, hematuria and pulmonary hemorrhage.

4, shock: characterized by pale, textured skin, limbs weak and fast cooling, pulse beat and reduces the amount of urine and blood pressure drop.

5, other: hyperpnea or suspended, abdominal distention and diarrhea, edema, skin Scleroderma, skin rash, purulent kitchen rash.

In addition, after the diagnosis of neonatal septicemia, should also note that there are no other complications occur, such as urinary tract infection, purulent meningitis, purulent arthritis, osteomyelitis, and, if necessary, appropriate tests should be done to check.

In short, the complexity of the performance of neonatal sepsis, parents should have some basic medical knowledge, understanding of what the situation is not normal in newborn infants, to promptly seek medical advice, timely diagnosis, timely treatment.