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Suggest Remedy For High Respiration And Heart Rate
We have a dwarf Nigerian kid 4 days old now, born #3 of 5, the runt, whose heart beat and respiration are abnormally high. He eats appropriately, although not a lot, got good colostrum early, was definitely weaker and the smallest at birth, and by day 2 his mother rejected him. He s on another dam now who isn t as aggressive about pushing him away (he s #4 for the second dam; those kids are just a day younger than him). No fever. Just seems like heart and respiration problems. Your thoughts?
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newborn with high respiratory rate and heart rate could be respiratory distress syndrome or sepsis .. baby need to be admitted in neonatal intensive care unit and should get oxygen support with intravenous antibiotics. there are so many causes for high heart rate and respiratory rate.. better to evulate the baby earliest.
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