Examples of premature birth in the following topics:
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- In humans, preterm birth refers to the birth of a baby of less than 37 weeks gestational age.
- Premature birth, commonly used as a synonym for preterm birth, refers to the birth of a baby before the developing organs are mature enough to allow normal postnatal survival .
- Significant progress has been made in the care of premature infants, but not in reducing the prevalence of preterm birth.
- Therefore, a significant overlap exists between preterm birth and prematurity.
- Prematurity can be reduced to a small extent by using drugs to accelerate maturation of the fetus, and to a greater extent by preventing preterm birth.
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- Advanced age or premature birth, along with immunodeficiency (due to drugs, illness, or irradiation) present a general risk, while other diseases can present specific risks; for instance, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can increase chances of respiratory tract infection.
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- Bacterial vaginosis during pregnancy increases the risk of premature birth.
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- The internal organs, including the lungs, heart, stomach, and intestines, have formed enough that a fetus born prematurely at this point has a chance to survive outside of the womb.
- Growth begins to slow around 30 to 32 weeks, but small changes continue until birth.
- Around 36 weeks, the fetus is almost ready for birth.
- It weighs about 6 pounds and is about 18.5 inches long, and by week 37 all of the fetus’s organ systems are developed enough that it could survive outside the uterus without many of the risks associated with premature birth.
- By then, the fetus has very little room to move around and birth becomes imminent.
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- problems during pregnancy and birth.
- Learning disabilities can result from anomalies in the developing brain, illness or injury, fetal exposure to alcohol or drugs, low birth weight, oxygen deprivation, or premature or prolonged labor.
- accidents after birth.
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- For example, Down Syndrome is associated with cardiac defects that may need intervention immediately upon birth.
- Fetal screening has also been done to determine characteristics generally not considered birth defects, for example determining the sex of the offspring.
- Screening tests yield a risk score which represents the chance that the baby has the birth defect. the most common threshold for high-risk is 1:270.
- However, the trade-off between risk of birth defect and risk of complications from invasive testing is relative and subjective.
- 2) Women who have previously had premature babies or babies with a birth defect
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- Post birth, an infant's physiology must adapt to breathing independently, changes in blood flow and energy access, and a cold environment.
- At birth, the baby's lungs are filled with fetal lung fluid (which is not amniotic fluid) and are not inflated.
- Following birth, the expression and re-uptake of surfactant, which begins production at 20 weeks gestation, is accelerated.
- Pharmacological therapy, such as caffeine, can also be given to treat apnea in premature newborns.
- The newborn's capacity to maintain these mechanisms is limited, especially in premature infants.
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- Premature ejaculation is also known as rapid ejaculation, rapid climax, premature climax, or early ejaculation.
- Premature ejaculation can be differentiated between two types.
- Premature ejaculation can be further divided between global premature ejaculation, which occurs with all partners and in all contexts, and situational premature ejaculation, which occurs in certain situations or with specific partners.
- Psychological factors commonly contribute to premature ejaculation.
- Premature ejaculation can be differentiated between two types.
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- Hormone replacement therapy for menopause is based on the idea that the treatment may prevent discomfort caused by diminished circulating oestrogen and progesterone hormones, or in the case of the surgically or prematurely menopausal, that it may prolong life and may reduce incidence of dementia It involves the use of one or more of a group of medications designed to artificially boost hormone levels.
- Some intersex people also receive HRT, either starting in childhood to confirm the gender they were assigned at birth, or later in order to change the gender they were assigned at birth.
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- Cryptorchidism is a condition present at birth in boys where one or more of the testes is absent from the scrotum.
- It is the most common birth defect regarding male genitalia.
- About 3% of full-term and 30% of premature infant boys are born with at least one undescended testis.
- In most full-term infant boys with cryptorchidism but no other genital abnormalities, a cause cannot be found, making this a common, sporadic, unexplained (idiopathic) birth defect.