Pneumonia in newborns is usually caused by intrauterine infections, obstetric infections and postnatal infections.
1. Intrauterine infection: Pneumonia in a newborn child may be caused by inhalation of fetal stool or amniotic fluid in the uterus, and usually develops within 24 hours after birth, manifesting symptoms such as difficulty in breathing, shortness of breath and unstable body temperature.
2. Obstetric infection: If there are abnormalities such as inhalation of amniotic fluid or fetal stool during delivery, it may also lead to pneumonia in the newborn child.
3. Postnatal infections: A newborn child with pneumonia may be infected by viruses, bacteria, mycoplasma, chlamydia and other infections after birth and suffer from pneumonia. It usually manifests itself in symptoms such as low body temperature, coma, convulsions and even respiratory and circulatory failure.
Newborn children with pneumonia, may also be associated with abnormal lung development and other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.