Neonatology is one of the most important and significant branches of medicine since it is dedicated to the care and protection of newborn children. It is considered that the time from birth to the first months is extremely important for the proper development of a child, so all the treatments and care necessary for that person to lead a full life must be applied immediately and safely. Neonatology is related to pediatrics since those who practice it are, in short, pediatric doctors specialized in those problems or typical issues of newborn children.
Neonatology is usually developed within hospitals and not in outpatient centers since it needs to be carried out from the moment the baby is born in a hospital or private clinic. When he is discharged, he then begins to practice pediatrics and this branch of medicine can then be practiced in outpatient settings. This means that neonatology takes place in the first hours of the baby's life, those that are considered crucial to determine and observe possible future complications.
Neonatology is an area that has nothing to do with diseases or complicating health conditions (as other areas have to do, for example traumatology). This is so because all newborns are cared for in neonatology to care for and monitor their vital signs in the first hours: determining if the heart rhythm is correct, breathing, the general functioning of the organs, etc., are some of the tasks carried out by those who work in this specialty. For this, they usually have a very complex apparatus since we are talking about very small organisms that must be supervised and controlled 24 hours a day.
Many times the area of neonatology has to deal with complex situations, for example in the case of premature babies (who must be placed in incubators) or in cases of babies who suffer more severe complications and must remain in care for a period time longer than normal.
Meanwhile, this term refers to the section of hospitals or sanatoriums that are precisely dedicated to personalized care for newborns.
The neonate is the term that designates the newborn and also the period after birth, comprising about a month.
It is precisely during this month that the newborn will demand the special care that we talked about above lines to detect any possible condition or rule out any type of complication ahead, and that then the newborn is discharged as usual, after meeting the deadlines set for these cases.
It is also at this stage that the bonds between baby and mother are tightened, which will be fundamental for the development of the same.
Also at this time the presence and relationship with the doctor is frequent, almost daily, spacing when the baby is discharged with his mother.
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To confirm that everything is fine, doctors especially observe some reflex actions of the newborn, such is the case of sucking, which is vital for the infant to suckle and feed on his mother's breast.
Another of the essential reflexes is the hug that is linked to the fear of falling, that is, when the newborn feels that he may fall, he opens his arms and closes them quickly to avoid this possible circumstance.
Crying is undoubtedly the manifestation par excellence of newborns, it is the most expressive that they have at hand and in any case it is very important to pay the corresponding attention, because with the excess of it you may be wanting to warn something.
It is true that there are many babies who do not stop crying and have nothing, but beyond this question it is important to always pay attention to crying, if it does not imply anything concrete better, but normally excessive crying is associated with some health problem .
These behaviors are acutely observed by specialists and allow them to venture problems or rule them out outright.
