Sometimes premature babies are born with health problems. Learn more about some of those problems here.

• Apnea of Prematurity
• Ataxic Cerebral Palsy
• Birth Defects
• Birthmarks
• Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)
• Cerebral Palsy
• Clubfoot
• Colic
• Congenital Heart Defects
• Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
• Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy
• Erythema Toxicum
• Failure to Thrive
• Febrile Seizures
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Flat Head Syndrome (Positional Plagiocephaly)
• Growth Hormone Deficiency
• Hernias
• Hypospadias
• Infant Torticollis
• Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)
• Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Newborns
• Intussusception
• Jaundice in Newborns
• Lead Poisoning
• Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (MAS)
• Necrotizing Enterocolitis
• Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)
• Port-Wine Stains
• Pyloric Stenosis
• Questions to Ask When Your Baby's in the NICU
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Rh Incompatibility During Pregnancy
• Spastic Cerebral Palsy
• Spina Bifida
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
• Taking Your Preemie Home
• Tay-Sachs Disease
• Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
• Undescended Testicles
• When Your Baby Has a Birth Defect
• When Your Baby’s Born Premature
• When Your Baby’s in the NICU
• Your Baby’s Care Team in the NICU

Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.

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