Newborns who feel phlegm in the throat when drinking milk may have congenital laryngeal stridor, or it may be caused by uncoordinated swallowing or respiratory tract infection.
1. Congenital laryngeal stridor: Due to the underdevelopment of the laryngeal cartilage in newborns, there is a possibility that a phlegm-like sound may occur during breastfeeding. This may improve as the child gets older.
2. Uncoordinated swallowing: Due to the imperfect development of the tongue and throat muscles of the newborn, the swallowing function is also uncoordinated. When drinking milk, the phlegm-like sound will easily appear when swallowing milk, and even choking and coughing will occur.
3. Respiratory tract infections: When a newborn has an upper respiratory tract infection, the pharynx becomes congested, secretions increase, and phlegm can be heard in the throat when eating milk.
Newborns feel phlegm in the throat when drinking milk, there may be other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.