If the newborn baby is mildly hypoxic, with slight drowsiness symptoms, to professional physicians to monitor vital signs and oxygen therapy, if heavy, very serious hypoxia, but also need to protect the organs of the treatment.
1. Mild hypoxia: If the baby’s mouth and lips are slightly dry, the mental state is slightly depressed, slightly lethargic tendency, but the sucking is still strong, you can monitor the baby’s vital signs, give oxygen, sputum and other treatments. If the symptoms have improved, then continue to observe the vital signs can be.
2. Severe hypoxia: due to the accumulation of a large number of anaerobic metabolites in the body, thus causing the organs to function abnormally, such as respiratory failure, heart failure, etc., there are obvious symptoms of lethargy, we must strictly monitor the baby’s vital signs, but also to carry out positive-pressure ventilation, and, if necessary, the need for respiratory replacement therapy. If organ damage occurs, organ protection therapy is also needed.
3. Extremely severe hypoxia: may be due to the central nervous system hypoxia, ischemia and other encephalopathic changes, there is severe lethargy, severe cases may be coma, if there are conditions, as soon as possible, subcooling treatment, as far as possible to protect the brain, to strictly monitor the vital signs.
Note that if the symptoms of hypoxia, must promptly seek medical attention, under the guidance of neonatologists for targeted treatment.