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Symptoms could include:
- Low Birth Weights
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weak cry
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Thin skin
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Small scrotum
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Wrinkled features
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Soft, flexible ear cartilage
- Feeding poor
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Ineffective Breathing Pattern
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Hypertrophy of Clitoris
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Fine hair
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A premature infant has organs that are not fully developed. The infant needs special care in a nursery until the organ systems have developed enough to sustain life without medical support. This may take weeks to months.
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The birth of a premature baby can be brought on by several different factors, including the following: premature labor placental abruption, in which the placenta detaches from the uterus placenta previa, in which the placenta grows too low in the ...
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The birth of a premature baby can be brought on by several different factors, including premature labor ; placental abruption , in which the placenta detaches from the uterus; placenta previa , in which the placenta grows too low in the uterus; pr...
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An infant born with a weight of less than five pounds (2,500 grams) at birth is classified as a low birth weight infant. Babies with low birth weight were either born prematurely or are small for their age because their growth was restricted in th...
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Poor feeding is when an infant has a lack of interest in feeding or a problem receiving the proper amount of nutrition.
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