Health Problems of Preemies
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