Colours

“(…)Chromotherapy, which was developed in the 1920s, is regularly used in hospitals to treat ailments with coloured light.  Blue light is used to soothe inflammation and the pain of arthritis and to reduce high blood pressure.  It is administered to premature babies to prevent brain damage or death through an underdeveloped liver, and to treat jaundice in newborn babies.  Red light is used to treat poor circulation, stiff joints and migraine.(...)”

http://www.come-alive.co.uk/colour-your-life.htm

Premature babies less pain-sensitive

Premature infants requiring intensive care or surgery after birth are reportedly less sensitive to temperature change later on in life.

According to a study published in Pain, premature delivery results in life-long impairment of the child's sensory perception.

Compared to full-term children, premature babies experience similar pain; there are, however, minor differences in the way these two groups cope with pain.

A University College London study showed that premature children particularly those undergoing early surgical operations are less sensitive to temperature and pain in locations close to their surgical scars.

Temperature and pain perception are transmitted by the same nerve fibers. Any damage to these fibers can affect the child's perception of pain and temperature.

Scientists believe the severity of injury and trauma in early life influences the degree of sensory damage.

Previous studies had reported that premature babies are more prone to developing disability and various illnesses when they grow up.

PKH/HGH

http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=79656&sectionid=3510210

Higher IQ in Later Life for Premature Babies Fed On Nutrient Rich Diet.

“Researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital have recently discovered that premature babies fed on a high protein diet grow up to be more intelligent with a higher IQ. They followed a group of 76 child”

http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200803/1205847051.html

Premature babies put at risk by lack of intensive care facilities in hospital

Premature babies put at risk by lack of intensive care facilities in hospital
The Independent, Wednesday, 19 December 2007

The lives of England's most vulnerable babies are being put at risk by a critical shortage of intensive care cots and nurses, an inquiry has found.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/premature-babies-put-at-risk-by-lack-of-intensive-care-facilities-in-hospitals-765889.html

Staff shortages 'put premature babies at risk'
The Guardian, Wednesday 15 October 2008

It used the Freedom of Information Act to secure data from NHS trusts showing a shortfall of 1,700 neonatal nurses, leaving premature baby units unable to provide the recommended standard of care.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/oct/15/children-health

What your prem baby needs

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/baby/prembaby/needs/



The incubator
Keeping warm
Preventing dry skin
Sleep
Protection from infection
Protection from bright light
Protection from noise
Your voice, heartbeat and other body sounds
Your smell
Touch
Nappy changing
Cleaning
Swaddling
Movement
Clothes
Nappies
Toys