Infants who are at high risk for IVH usually have an ultrasound taken of their brain in the first week after birth, followed by others if bleeding is detected.
Intraventricular hemorrhage occurs when immature blood vessels within the brain burst and bleed into the ventricles normally reserved for cerebrospinal fluid and surrounding tissue.
Intraventricular hemorrhage is most notably a complication of prematurity in infants, but can occur in adults. The symptoms of intraventricular hemorrhage include apnea and a low heart rate, seizures, a high pitched cry, pale or blue coloring to the skin, and anemia.
The medical conditions that may occur are respiratory distress syndrome, necrotizing enerocolitis, intraventricular hemorrhage, apnea of prematurity, patent ductus arteriosus, retinopathy of prematurity.
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Premature infants treated with daily massage therapy gain more weight and have shorter hospital stays than infants who are not massaged.
Sherri Nance has written: 'Premature Babies' -- subject(s): Infants (Premature)
Young, teenage mothers are at a higher risk for having premature infants.
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Perinatologists are the doctors who specialize in sick newborns. Pediatricians and NICU nurses are also caregivers to premature infants.
Common health risks in premature infants are jaundice, apnea, inability to breast or bottle feed, under-developed lungs, digestive system and nervous system.
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Although premature infants are more susceptible to GBS, 75% of infected infants are full-term.