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Respiratory Distress Syndrome - Signs, Symptoms, and Complications - Signs, Symptoms, and Complications

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Signs and symptoms symptom (SIMP-tum):
A problem that a patient experiences that may indicate disease but cannot be seen and does not show up on medical tests or procedures; some examples include headache, fatigue, nausea, or pain. of RDS usually happen at birth or within the first few hours that follow. Depending on the severity of a newborn's RDS, he or she may develop other medical problems.

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- Respiratory Distress Syndrome - Signs, Symptoms, and Complications

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Signs and symptoms of RDS include:

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  • Grunting sounds
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  • Rapid, shallow breathing
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  • Sharp pulling inward of the muscles between the ribs when breathing
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  • Widening of the nostrils, or flaring, with each breath
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The newborn also may have pauses in breathing that last for a few seconds. This condition is called apnea.

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- Respiratory Distress Syndrome - Signs, Symptoms, and Complications

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Many babies who are born with RDS develop bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). If babies born with RDS still require oxygen therapy by the time they reach their original due dates, they are diagnosed with BPD.

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Depending on the severity of a newborn's RDS, he or she may develop other medical problems.

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  • Bleeding in the brain, which can delay cognitive cognitive (KOG-nih-tiv):
    Describes higher brain functions involved in learning, including the ability to process information, remember, reason, and understand.     development or cause intellectual disabilities or cerebral palsy
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  • Blood and blood vessel complications. Newborns who have RDS may develop sepsis sepsis (SEP-sis):
    A serious illness that results when the body has an overwhelming immune response to a bacterial infection. This response triggers the release of chemicals into the blood stream, which triggers inflammation to fight infection. The inflammation can damage organs and their systems.     . This infection can be life threatening.
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  • Bowel disease called necrotizing enterocolitis
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  • Impaired vision, including blindness
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  • Kidney failure
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  • Lung complications. These may include atelectasis; leakage of air from the lung into the chest cavity, called pneumothorax, a type of pleural disorder; and bleeding in the lung, or hemorrhage. Some of the life-saving treatments used for RDS may cause bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
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  • Patent ductus arteriosus, a type of congenital heart defect. The ductus arteriosus connects pulmonary arteries to the aorta. If it remains open, it can strain the heart and increase blood pressure in the lung arteries.
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Source URL: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/subscribe/4421
Source Agency: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Captured Date: 2019-07-12 14:26:00.0
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