Oscar is rushed to the neonatal intensive care unit following his birth and the doctors inform Darren and Nancy that their son may have brain damage, may be disabled and may be deaf and that he is fighting a serious infection he developed : necrotizing enterocolitis.
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But while repeated steroid treatments can further decrease the risk of respiratory distress and circulatory problems, the institutes'panel concluded that existing data do not show that multiple treatments save lives or prevent bleeding into the brain, infection, chronic lung disease or two other debilitating complications of prematurity _ an intestinal problem called necrotizing enterocolitis and a vision deficit called neonatal retinopathy.
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On May 20, 2011 the FDA issued a press release about SimplyThick, a food-thickening additive containing xanthan gum as the active ingredient, " warning parents, caregivers and health care providers not to feed SimplyThick, a thickening product, to premature infants because the pathway is still developing . " The concern is that the product may cause premature infants to suffer necrotizing enterocolitis ( NEC ).
