Blood bacteria in newborns, or bacteremia, are the presence of bacteria in the blood of the baby, a severe inflammation caused by the arrival of bacterial bacteria into the blood, leading to the emergence of some symptoms and signs of the baby as a result of contamination of the bloodstream bacteria bacteria. Bacterial infection occurs in newborn infants from the first moment of birth until the age of three days. This requires rapid therapeutic intervention, especially since newborns have decreased immune system efficiency, and the mortality rate in newborns with bacteremia is 40%; It is best to take preventive measures at the mother during pregnancy, during childbirth, and take precautions in the hospitals and preterm infants, to avoid the infection of infection with blood bacteria.
Causes of neonatal infection with blood bacteria
- Inflammation of the placenta and amniotic fluid.
- Increased number of white blood cells in the mother during pregnancy.
- Contamination of the vagina in the mother with the causes of the disease.
- Mother’s fever during pregnancy.
- Accelerating heart rate at the fetus.
- The birth of the child in the seventh month “children of prematurity.”
Symptoms of infection of blood bacteria at birth
- Sometimes fever.
- High heart rate and acceleration.
- The appearance of rash in the form of spots and small red spots, may become darkened color, appear throughout the body.
- Low urine rate.
- Shiver.
- Increased number of white blood cells.
- Shortness of breath.
- A lack of red blood cells.
- Reduction of Blood pressure.
- The child does not accept breastfeeding.
- The child is sick and sleep for long hours.
- Inflammation and inflammation of the joints of the newborn child.
- Paleness of the skin of the child and the tendency of skin color to blue sometimes.
- Shock and tension, and a general change in his behavior.
Diagnosis of infection of the baby with blood bacteria
- Take a blood sample from the baby and analyze it to see if the child has a high white blood cell count or not. The test result takes about a full day, the time needed for bacterial growth, to make sure there is a bacterial infection in the blood.
- Monitor the blood pressure of the baby.
- Monitor the amount of urine produced by the child.
- Examination of the cerebrospinal fluid at the child.
Treatment of blood bacteria at birth
Bacteria are treated with antibiotics, which work to support the immune system to overcome the infection. Treatment procedures should be expedited so as not to develop the condition of serious meningitis, avoid injury to the nervous system in the child, and the child is given oxygen through a tube that passes near the nose to face tightness Breathing in the child.