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Suggest On Breathe Problem Of A Born Baby
Hello Doctor, i m blessed with baby boy on 21-Apr-14. I m in Trichy, Tamil nadu. he is delivered in Cesarean operation. he has cord around the neck. at the time of birth, he is not crying. so the doctors done bumping and made him cry. then doctors told, due to cord around the neck, blood circulation to heart and brain is poor. he is suffering in while breathing. now he is ventilator machine. Pediatric cardiologist done scan on his heart, but no evidence of any problems in heart. but the functionality of heart is poor. Kindly provide suggestions on this.
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Tue, 29 Apr 2014
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Ur baby has birth asphyxia means because of cord round the neck tightened blood suply to vital organs decreased resulting in different organs affected like heart brain kidney git echo normal then no heart problems like heart defects the respiratory problem may be due to infection like pneumonia or hyaline membrane disease child should be in nicu under neonatology consultation and hope for better prognosis
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