Neonatal spitting may be related to physiological factors and pathologic factors (pneumonia), the specific circumstances need to be examined by a doctor.
1. Physiological factors of spitting in newborns include immature development of the respiratory center and salivary glands, which can lead to excessive saliva in the mouth that can not be swallowed into the gastrointestinal tract, especially after breastfeeding or taking medication, which can lead to transient spitting.
2. The pathologic factors of neonatal spitting are respiratory tract infection or neonatal pneumonia. Neonatal respiratory infections and pneumonia are atypical, usually do not appear cough, fever and wheezing and other symptoms, early only spitting, shortness of breath, sputum with a slight nasal congestion and other symptoms.
Newborn spitting may also have other causes, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, complete the examination to determine the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.