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What Causes Heavy Breathing ?
I had my 5 month old baby to hospital yesterday and they said she had a viral infection. She has been waking quite alot in night screaming and then this morning she has slept for over a hour and when i keep checking on her she is flat out but breathing really heavy
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi, Thanks for asking. In my opinion you should take your baby to a doctor as heavy breathing is a danger sign in an infant.
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