What is Tachypnea?

Tachypnea is a rapid shallow breathing, a phenomenon that is often harmless. This type of breathing may be caused by physical exertion and exercise and is not dangerous in these cases because breathing will soon return to normal. Tachypnea may also be a symptom of serious health, such as heart disease, emphysema, meningitis or trauma of the respiratory system. If this happens, the treatment of the cause of breathing may be preferred over the treatment of the symptom.

Tachypnea may be caused by a number of respiratory or heart conditions, including mild asthma and allergies except for potentially life -threatening diseases. Fast breathing occurs because the respiratory system either does not have enough oxygen or is unable to transport oxygen to the heart. This is often due to lung disease, such as emphysema or heart condition that limits blood and oxygen flow to the heart. It is more likely to occur in male children. In addition to rapid breathing, children with this condition may require additional supplyoxygen and may have abnormal blood gas values. When this happens in newborns, the condition is called temporary tachypnea or wet lungs.

When this condition occurs, this is usually due to the presence of fluid in the infant lungs. This fluid is present in the baby's lungs during pregnancy and should help promote normal lung development. During birth, chemical signals stimulate the lungs to remove fluid. For various reasons, these chemical signals in some children may be weak and, as a result, these children may be born with excess fluid still remaining in the lungs. Children are at risk if their mothers have diabetes or asthma if they are born for their age or if they are delivered by caesarean section.

Fast breathing soon evolves anaroze, but is usually temporary and lasts only two or three days. The temporary tachypnea of ​​newborns is not a harmful condition by definition and is not fataland. The most common side effect is simply that the child requires a slightly longer stay in the hospital.

However, there is evidence that the condition also increases the risk that a child can develop asthma during childhood. If rapid breathing lasts for more than five days, there is a reason to look for a basic reason for the condition. Possible diagnoses include anemia, pneumonia and congenital heart disease.