What is respiratory distress syndrome?

An infant, several weeks old, suddenly stopped breathing. She was rushed to the hospital, and, after extensive testing announced that she had this syndrome. More testing to figure out what caused it.

simply stated, its a reduction in breathing or trouble with breathing.

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3 Responses to “What is respiratory distress syndrome?”

Matt A on October 16th, 2009 at 6:06 am

simply stated, its a reduction in breathing or trouble with breathing.
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AManzo on October 16th, 2009 at 6:18 am

It’s related to asthma (or maybe another word they use for asthma). My son was recently diagnosed with asthma and respiratory distress syndrome is a word she used while talking to me.
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my son’s doctor
RedheadMOMI on October 16th, 2009 at 6:51 am

SIDS. they dont know what causes it. just that if you have had one child with sids then the next may also be affected also
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