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Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia - Screening and Prevention - Screening and Prevention

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Taking steps to ensure a healthy pregnancy might prevent your newborn from being born before his or her lungs have fully developed. These steps include:

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  • Following a healthy eating plan
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  • Managing any medical conditions you have
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  • Not smoking and avoiding tobacco smoke, alcohol, and illegal drugs
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  • Preventing infections
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  • Seeing your doctor regularly during your pregnancy
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Your doctor may give you injections of a corticosteroids corticosteroid (KOR-tih-koh-STAYR-oyd):
A steroid hormone made in the adrenal gland. These hormones can also be made in a laboratory. They have many different effects on the body and can be used to treat several medical conditions. medicine if he or she thinks you may give birth too early. This medicine can speed up development of the lungs, brain, and kidneys in your baby and surfactant surfactant (ser-FAK-tant):
A foamy substance that forms a thin layer within the lungs to help keep the lungs\u2019 air sacs open. It is made up of proteins and fats. production. Usually, within about 24 hours of your taking this medicine, the baby's lungs start making enough surfactant. This will reduce the newborn's risk of respiratory distress syndrome, which can lead to BPD.

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Source URL: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/subscribe/4175
Source Agency: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Captured Date: 2019-07-01 16:23:00.0
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