FAQ

A full pregnancy normally lasts 37 to 42 weeks. There is an early birth when a baby is born for the 37th week.

There are different degrees:

• Moderate: between 32 and 37 weeks
• Severe: between 28 and 32 weeks
• Extreme: under 28 weeks

An adult premature is a person who is 18 years or older and was born too early.
Our information is purely focused on the group of adult prematures, but also as a dysmature (born too light) or if you have otherwise had a difficult start for which you are welcome!

Yes, you can! Early births can leave both mental and physical complaints to their early birth. People born too small, too light or sick can also experience the same symptoms. We give on this website under the heading Long-term effects more information and complement it with new topics. Miss a subject, let us know.

The reason for this varies per person. Some prematures experience complaints throughout their lives and are aware of them. While other premature babies do have complaints, but they don't know because it's normal for them. For this group the complaints they experience are as normal as for example their hair color. It's part of them. We often hear that people do have complaints, not always, but thought this was normal and thought that others felt the same way.

In addition, there is also a group that hasn't experienced any complaints in their previous life, but will suffer later on. This may be due to several causes. In many cases we see an emotive factor such as stress, disease, or a general factor such as age. Sometimes factors such as stress or disease can cause the nervous system to get upset and it gets disturbed. At the time of overload or disruption, someone can experience complaints that can be very diverse. Some complaints may also be age-related and occur only at a certain age.

Also in the case of dormant complaints such as above, this can be a trigger factor for the worsening of certain complaints.

No, you're not. It is often difficult for the environment to understand what someone experiences. In a broken leg, it's clear what someone's going through. The moment the complaints are always there and also invisible it is harder to understand, because there is nothing to see.

Prematures have to do with another normal in terms of, for example, loadability, but also in other areas, than most people. This while it is still expected that they will be able to meet the normal of the largest group. Thus, a premature born adult may be physically or mentally less taxable, but it is expected that they can be present or perform a task just like anyone else. While they are already at their maximum detachability. We often hear that adult prematureness nevertheless continues to accomplish the task with the result in many cases overload, more complaints or longer recovery times.

The nervous system of prematures works differently and makes them react differently to situations and suffer more quickly from stress and fatigue. Many prematures feel that due to the lack of understanding of the environment they are different and cannot meet the normal and therefore work even harder and continue. This may eventually lead to symptoms such as burn-out or depression.

This group of prematures needs a different manual for their body and mind. Much can be achieved with the right handles and guidance.

That depends on the complaint. Unfortunately, too little attention is paid to the long-term consequences of premature birth in the medical world, but this is changing. For some complaints it is not yet clear where to go and for others it is. Sometimes there may be individual care providers who do have certain knowledge, but for example a large institution does not. In other cases, it's the other way around. We want to map out the range of healthcare providers and are an overview of the development of healthcare professionals in various fields of activity.

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When a patient indicates that he has left complaints to his or her premature birth, recognition is very important. Listen to the story and take it seriously. Many things are still unknown about the long-term consequences of premature birth. In addition, identifying problems and knowing where a patient can go is also important on time.

Early birth is relatively common, many people know someone who was born too early. Not everyone complains about it, but those who have often experience it as a lonely process because they are not understood. Although it is common, there is still insufficient recognition and knowledge of the long-term effects in the medical world. Fortunately, there is a change in this area and more and more attention is being paid to various healthcare professionals. For certain complaints, special policies such as the CPL poli by lung problems due to premature birth. Research has already been done on many other subjects. On the page Long-term consequences of premature birth more information on various topics based on scientific articles and the experiences of healthcare experts. The lyrics are written in such a way that they can also be understood by patients.

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