What are the symptoms of sleep shortness of breath in newborns? To observe whether the baby has abnormal breathing, you can simply judge from the following 3 directions:
1. The breathing rate is too fast. The breathing rate of a newborn baby is 40 to 60 beats per minute. As he grows, the breathing rate will slowly decrease, from 20 to 30 beats for infants and about 15 for adults. Abnormal breathing speed may be caused by shortness of breath caused by too fast, or caused by apnea, slow breathing and so on.
2. The depth of breathing is obvious. When resting, the baby’s breathing is smooth, regular, and deep. Once abnormal breathing occurs, the baby will have the performance of breathing very laboriously. We can observe that the baby has a chest depression, that is, there will be a depression at the junction of the lower edge of the ribs and the abdomen, the central sternum depression or the upper sternum and neck The junction is sunken, because the breathing muscles are straining.
The breathing rate of the newborn is faster than that of the adult. If the parents are not at ease, they can pay more attention to the daily observation and count the breathing rate of the newborn frequently. If an abnormality is found, seek medical attention in time.
3. The breathing sound has noise. Breathing murmurs are mostly caused by abnormal breathing caused by increased secretions in the respiratory tract or narrowing of the respiratory tract. There may be nasal flapping, wheezing breathing, etc. When some babies have abnormal breathing, the breathing sound will become loud and noisy, and even wheeze, wheeze and blisters can be heard. Although these abnormal breath sounds can sometimes be heard with the help of a stethoscope, if the sound is obvious, it can be distinguished without a stethoscope.
Experts say that if newborn babies have shortness of breath, in addition to infectious causes, allergies are also one of the reasons.
