Difficulty sucking

Introduction The nasal and nasal cavity of the child is relatively short, the newborn has almost no lower nasal passages, no nasal hair, the nasal mucosa is weak and the blood vessels are relatively rich, so it is susceptible to infection, causing congestion and swelling of the nasal mucosa and nasal congestion. The performance of neonatal nasal congestion can be seen as difficulty in breast-feeding, irritability, crying, poor breathing or rush, and snoring while sleeping.

Cause

Infants and young children with narrow nasal passages, soft mucous membranes, rich blood vessels, no nasal hair, once the inflammation occurs, it is easy to cause nasal congestion, making breast milk difficult, and mouth breathing.

Pneumonia, physical weakness, low birth weight infants and other reasons, as well as the possibility of mother nipple depression and other reasons. It is difficult to suck breast milk caused by diseases such as mammary duct ductlessness and inflammation.

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Whole body condition examination EEG examination

Infants and young children with narrow nasal passages, soft mucous membranes, rich blood vessels, no nasal hair, once the inflammation occurs easily cause nasal congestion, neonatal nasal congestion, first check the nose for nasal or other foreign body blockage, if there is blockage, it must be removed in time. As well as the inspection of the mother's breasts, the inspection of the bottle, etc., it is necessary to go to the pediatric examination of the regular hospital and carry out targeted treatment.

Differential diagnosis

Difficult to confuse symptoms

Children with early congenital syphilis develop clinical symptoms only about 3 weeks after birth. Often manifested as nutritional disorders: such as poor development, light weight, skinny bones, skin dry and wrinkled by water loss, like the appearance of the elderly. Mucosal damage is most common with syphilitic rhinitis. There is a large amount of purulent or bloody discharge in the nasal cavity of the child, which blocks the nasal cavity and causes difficulty in breathing and sucking milk. Syphilitic laryngitis can cause hoarseness.

Glue-like infants are rare and are a more serious ichthyosis. They are autosomal recessive and often die within a few days or months after birth due to infection, difficulty in breastfeeding or respiratory distress.

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