Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Syndrome of sudden child death is a sudden, causeless death of a child from stopping breathing at the age of up to one year. According to statistics, this syndrome is the main cause of death of newborns between the ages of one month and up to one year. The origin of the syndrome of sudden infant death( SIDS) is not completely clear, but most medical luminaries consider it the result of stopping breathing( apnea).SIDS are the most exposed boys( about 60%) of age to seven months, with a peak mortality rate of two to four months. Most often sudden death occurs in the morning or at night in the cold season

Factors contributing to the risk of SIDS

In the past few decades, scientists have closely studied all the factors that correlate with symptoms of sudden infant death, but the question of the interaction of these factors is still open. Possible coexisting factors include:

- Sleep on the abdomen. This risk factor causes minimal doubt

- Too soft foundation of a baby crib. For unknown reasons, the risk of SIDS is very high among children sleeping on the couch. It is recommended not to use

pillows - Warm clothing or / and excessive wrapping. The official recommendation of pediatricians is the use of a special night bag instead of a blanket. It should be noted that the supercool kid is not recommended

- Dangerous symptoms have been observed in the kid, his siblings

- Various diseases of mother during pregnancy

- Mother - a loner, do not seek prenatal advice

specialists - Use of motheralcohol during pregnancy, drugs,

smoking - Minimum interval between pregnancies, or in the case of the previous miscarriage

- Obstructed or prolonged labor

- If portlys stress( during deceleration of growth of these children)

- Premature babies

- The inability of the baby to take the breast and bottle feeding

- sleep separately from their parents

- Male gender and age of the baby

Factors associated reduction in SIDS risk

- Sucking on pacifiers night. According to this statement data are somewhat contradictory, but according to most research findings, the use of pacifiers reduces the

risk - Sleeping on your back and in the same room with parents, rocking

baby - Proper prenatal care and lack of stress in the future

mother - No child overheating insleep

- No contact with tobacco smoke

- Adequate timely medical care for the baby and breast feeding

a controversial factor of sudden infant death syndrome otnoSut a joint dream of the kid in one bed with his mother. Although most studies indicate an increased risk of developing SIDS, it is therefore recommended to sleep separately, but it should be borne in mind that the interaction of all the studied factors has not yet been fully explored. This is confirmed by the fact that there are cultures where the risk of SIDS is dramatically reduced, although the mother sleeps with the baby in the same bed. Conversely, in other cultures, the average level of SIDS is dramatically increased if the baby sleeps with his mother in the same bed. Therefore, based on these contradictory observations, we note that the increased risk of the syndrome sudden death of a baby as a result of co-sleeping today not completely clarified and needs to be further study

hypotheses the causes of SIDS

has been suggested that SIDS may be caused by - or failure inThe work of the autonomic nervous system( associated with a deficiency of serotonin), and in particular its sites responsible for the work of the heart and for breathing. In the eighties of the last century a hypothesis was born connecting the syndrome of sudden death with insufficient development of the rhythm of breathing. It was also suggested that the effect of accumulated carbon dioxide in a large concentration. In addition, it is assumed that the development of SIDS is due to the immaturity of the respiratory center, combined with hypothermia, colds and cigarette smoke. Vaccination to risk factors does not include

Prevention of sudden infant death syndrome

- A child should sleep without a pillow on a dense mattress

- To lay the baby on the back

- Instead of wrapping and blankets, use a special sleeping bag

- You have to put the baby to bed in your crib, but always in the same room as the parents

- Do not overcool and do not overheat the baby, nor too tight itSwaddle

- In one room with a child, do not smoke

- Protect your baby from the effects of sharp odors, light stimuli and strong sounds

- It is advisable to feed the baby for the first four months of life

- Conducting a massage for a child, gymnastics, tempering it

Unexplained causeless death of a baby is a very difficult test for parents and loved ones. Fortunately, carrying out numerous studies in this area is beginning to shed some light on this phenomenon and the ways by which it is possible to reduce the risk of this undesirable phenomenon.

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