Premature Baby Need Extra Care

Premature baby means the a baby who birth at fewer than 37 weeks of gestational age it's called premature baby. Mostly normal mature baby born in 40 weeks of gestational age.

Premature baby born earlier than the mature baby that's why they face lots of difficulties. They never adjust the newly entire environment.

Which Problems they face commonly ? 

•  Firstly they face to take breath. Because their respiratory organ not developed well. So premature baby need artificial breathing system.
•   Then their digestive system not developed full form. They can't absorbed their food what they take. For a reason they vomiting what they take. Mostly they take breast milk but some mother doesn't get breast feeding for many reason those baby need formulated milk.

• Premature baby face fights against the newly comes environment. as a results they infected various microbial organism. 
• To maintain  body temperature is also difficult for premature baby.

And lot of problems they have to face.

Symptom : Your baby may have very mild symptoms of premature birth, or may have more-obvious complications.

• Small Size 
• Weight less than 2kg
• Head size bigger than body
• Low body temperature, especially immediately after birth in the delivery room, due to a lack of stored body fat
• Labored breathing or respiratory distress
• difficulties to sucking breast feeding  

Extra Care for premature baby :
 

If you deliver a premature baby, your baby will likely need a longer hospital stay in a special nursery unit at the hospital. Depending on how much care your baby requires, he or she may be admitted to an intermediate care nursery or the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Doctors and a specialized team with training in taking care of premature babies will be available to help care for your baby.Your baby may need extra help feeding, and adapting immediately after delivery. Your health care team can help you understand what is needed and what your baby's care plan will be.

 Sumon Kumar Mohanta
 M.Sc In Zoology
 Govt.Azizul Haque College. Bogura.