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Male child born on 30/03/2002, weight : 1.7 kg
Q1.What should be the avg wieght?
Q2.Child kept in glass incubator? Why?
Q3.Jaundice test positive, limit for jandice?
Q4.What care should be taken for the new born child? |
Answer |
Your child is a low birth weight baby. Any
newborn less than 2 kg is considered low birthweight. These
babies require special care as they are very vulnerable. They
require neonatal intensive care and need to be kept in an
incubator. They cannot maintain their temperature properly
and so need to be kept in an incubator. These babies are also
prone to get jaundice as their mechanism to metabolise "bilirubin" (the pigment that causes jaundice) is very immature. As a result they may have high bilirubin. Any bilirubin level above 2 mg % is suggestive of jaundice. The treatment may consist of phototherapy or putting the baby in light or even blood transfusion depending upon the type of the jaundice and amount of jaundice. Low birth weight babies require care in terms of nutrition (to make up for the low weight), temperature stability and treatment for problems such as jaundice, infection, lung problems etc. They have to be monitored in high risk OPDs to detect subtle brain damage, cerebral palsy, hearing problems etc.
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