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How long does it take for a fetus's lungs to mature when taking steroid shots?

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Depends: Depends on the age of the fetus but if you are talking about near term >35 weeks, about 24-48 hours of steroids. If fetus is younger 32-34 weeks, more like 72 hours. Even term infants do not have mature lungs, lungs continue to develop until the child is about 2 years old!

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Answered 12/14/2014

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Parainfluenza 4 yr old croupy bad cough gasps for air at times cuz so bad ER sends us home when we take her say lungs and oxygen are fine on steroids ?

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At urgent care. The dr said the bottom of my lungs are diminished. Im on day 10 of Covid still testing positive. All she said was take a z pack and steroid. Is that normal? I smoke. Im worried about pneumonia. no shortness of breath spo2 94-97?

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I'm almost 32 weeks. Saw Dr today. My BP was 141/92. Got steroid shot for baby's lung. Being monitored now for preeclampsia and borderline low amniotic fluid. Dr said I'll likely deliver between 36-38 weeks. How long will baby need to stay in nicu?

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My son has keiloids on his chest. We visited Dematologist 2yrs ago. He injected each an everyone with steroids almost 6 months. Due to pain my son couldnt take the pain. We stop. Is their a procedure we're we can remove them. Or laser. Permanently. ?

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She sometimes takes aspirin and steroids for her chest as she has copd. Is this something I should make her see her gp about?

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