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What Causes Breathing Difficulty In A Child?

My child I wanna say in the last 7 days 3or4 times he gave me a scare to where he not breathing maybe like a breath every 10 second n this seems to last maybe 40 seconds to a minute but he will get really stiff to where he pushing his stomach out back in n doesn’t straighten back out till he ok also seems he has more spit coming out of his mouth this happens well he is almost sleep or is sleep or waking up but goes right back to sleep right after also he is on the smartmonitor2 machine keeps track of heart rate n breathing when this occurs he does not make machine go off he just turned 3months on the 4 th always he is premature he was 3months early I just don’t know what is going on or what this means when he does this?
Tue, 26 Dec 2017
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Upper respiratory tract infections
Infections of the nose, sinuses and throat are called upper respiratory tract infections. Children usually get more of these because they are not yet immune to the viruses that usually cause them. Most of the time they will recover by themselves.
Common symptoms of an upper respiratory tract infection are:
a runny nose
coughing
a temperature
aches and pains
Lower respiratory tract infections
Infections that affect your child’s main airways and lungs are called lower respiratory tract infections. As well as the symptoms above they may have:
coughing and vomiting with coughing
breathing difficulties (breathing fast, making a noise when they breathe or struggling to breathe)
problems with feeding and drinking because of difficulty breathing
drowsiness
a change in skin colour.
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What Causes Breathing Difficulty In A Child?

Upper respiratory tract infections Infections of the nose, sinuses and throat are called upper respiratory tract infections. Children usually get more of these because they are not yet immune to the viruses that usually cause them. Most of the time they will recover by themselves. Common symptoms of an upper respiratory tract infection are: a runny nose coughing a temperature aches and pains Lower respiratory tract infections Infections that affect your child’s main airways and lungs are called lower respiratory tract infections. As well as the symptoms above they may have: coughing and vomiting with coughing breathing difficulties (breathing fast, making a noise when they breathe or struggling to breathe) problems with feeding and drinking because of difficulty breathing drowsiness a change in skin colour. I hope you happy with information kindly rate it. thank you.