I chose SIDS for my respiratory disease because I had heard about it before, but I never knew that there was a possibility that it had to do with your respiratory system. SIDS is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. SIDS is common with infants younger than 3 months. It has no explanation yet, but it most commonly occurs to infants when they are sleeping. This is such an awful disease/condition because prior to SIDS the babies are usually healthy and well. Although there is no cause, researchers found that it might be caused by an abnormality in your brain that controls your breathing. Some factors that cause SIDS are abnormalities in the brain that oversee your breathing premature birth or being born with another baby gives a higher chance of not
The list of proposed chronic abnormalities is lengthy. To this date, research has confirmed the following: 1) SIDS is due to a dysfunction of the cardiac and/or respiratory systems, and 2) the death of the infant is due to hypo-ventilation of the lungs and periods of complete cessation of breathing or apnea. Hypo-ventilation and apnea cause hypo-perfusion of the tissues with necessary oxygen. Ischemia of tissues results and eventually causes death. Research now centers around discovering the cause of infant hypo-ventilation and apnea.
However, multiple risk factors are thought to increase the risk of an infant dying from SIDS. The textbook Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions describes many of these contributing elements, such as, “smoking and drug abuse during the pregnancy, poor prenatal care, exposure of the infant to secondhand smoke, prematurity, recent upper respiratory tract infection in the infant, sleeping in the prone position, and a sibling with apnea”. Others in the medical field believe that there are genetic anomalies that can create a disposition to SIDS in an infant. One such individual is Debra Wood, R.N at the NYU-Langone Medical Center. In her article on SIDS, she proposes multiple genomic irregularities that could play a part in the eventual diagnosis of this disorder: “abnormalities in a section of the brain that controls breathing during sleep and waking, abnormalities in the control of heart rhythm, changes in how serotonin (a neurotransmitter) functions in the brain, changes in some components of the immune system, inadequate arousal response to breathing obstruction or asphyxia—a lack of oxygen or excess carbon dioxide in the body caused by interruption of breathing; may cause unconsciousness”. The Ohio Department of Health lists multiple maternal factors that are deemed important : placental abnormalities, low weight gain during pregnancy, anemia and a history of sexually transmitted disease (STD) or urinary tract infection (UTI). Environmental factors to be noted
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a condition that many people still are trying to figure out why it happens to these babies. This syndrome is described as an unexplained death of an infant younger than one year of age. SIDS is frightening because it can strike without warning and affect a good, healthy infant. Most SIDS deaths occur at night and without warning. SIDS victims may have been down for sleep for as little as ten minutes, they show signs of struggle or suffering. Although SIDS is commonly associated with an infants sleep time, and often occurs in the crib. This event is not limited to the crib and may occur anywhere the infant is sleeping, deaths have occurred in
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden, unexpected death of an infant that remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation which includes an autopsy, a death scene investigation, and a review of the history of the infant and the parents of the infant. Sudden infant death syndrome is the leading cause of death among infants one month to one-year-old. There are many risk factors for SIDS, but the most common and most preventable risk factors are the influence of smoking tobacco - both smoking by pregnant women and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) - as well as prone sleeping positions of the infant and the type of bedding the infant sleeps on ("[Cigarette Smoke as a Risk Factor of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)--Assessment of Knowledge and Behavior of Women].").
However, although there is no known cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, doctors have found factors that can increase a babies chance of passing away from SIDS. Babies born prematurely, or babies with a low birth weight have a higher chance of passing away from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Other factors that can increase a babies chance of dying from SIDS are babies sleeping on their stomach, sleeping on a stiff surface, or overheating are all things that could affect your baby. Scientists have also found things you could do to decrease a babies chance of passing away from SIDS, infants that were breastfed have a 60% lower chance of dying from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The Iowa SIDS Foundation also provides different links to products you can buy that ensure your baby is safe while
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome remains the leading cause of post-neonatal mortality (under the age of one) in developed countries. The causes of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome have been puzzling and research is being conducted to solve this catastrophic problem. Having a child under the age of one makes me very concerned, along with any other parent(s), that the possibility of SIDS could affect any infant at anytime, SIDS does not discriminate. I am seeking to find the possible causes to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome so in the future deaths could be avoided.
It still remains a question as to what exactly causes SIDS. There have been various amounts of studies, and many different reasons contributed to SIDS. Many doctors and researchers say that SIDS occurs mostly in pre-mature and low-birth-weight babies along with mothers who smoke and don’t get/take enough care during pregnancy (Carolan, Tabib and Tsou). Both physical and environmental factors have been shown to impact SIDS according to the Mayo Clinic in the United States. The three physical factors associated with SIDS involve brain
In the Western world, SIDS is the most common cause of death for infants between two weeks and one year of age, but SIDS also occurs throughout the world. SIDS most commonly happens during sleep, although it can occur anywhere, such as in baby carriages, safety car seats, or
It is believed that SIDS is the result of at least two factors, including an immature arousal system and the body's inability to accurately detect carbon-monoxide levels. The infant begins to have trouble breathing but is unable to awaken to cry for help or begin to breathe. The body recognizes the need to breathe on the basis of carbon-monoxide levels. If the baby's body fails to detect dangerous carbon-monoxide levels, it may not trigger the body's action to breathe. Stomach sleeping causes
When putting it all together the number of lives births each year, SIDS remains the leading cause of death in the United States among infants between one month and one year of age and second only to congenital anomalies as the leading overall cause of death for all infants less than one year of age.
As I stated in the abstract, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is the unexpected death of a healthy infant in its sleep usually under the age of one. It is also known as “crib death” because the death usually occurs in the crib. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome claims the lives of approximately 2,500 infants each year. The majority of SIDS deaths occur between 2 and 4 month year olds. The cause of SIDS is usually known and there are a number of causes. Causes of SIDS include: smoking or drinking during pregnancy, inadequate prenatal responsibility, prematurity, inexperienced mothers, smoking near or around the baby, enormous amounts of heating from blankets or pajamas, and placing a baby on its stomach (Floyd R. Livingston Jr., MD. Sudden Infant Death
This could lead to different types of diseases such as; BPD (Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia) , Asthma, or even SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). BPD is more commonly found in premature infants but in some cases healthy babies can also get this disease. One of the reasons why BPD is common in premature babies is because their immune systems are weak. BPD is from damage to the lungs caused by mechanical ventilation (respirator) and long-term use of oxygen. This occurs in premature babies because a lot of time they have to be put on oxygen to help them breath until their lungs become stronger. When an infant is diagnosed with a chronic lungs disease it can lead to other types of infections or complications. If a baby has to be put on a ventilator it could cause complications with their lungs. Ventilators force breathing which means that the ventilators will be forcing high oxygen levels into the lungs of an infant or premature baby. This could possibly cause damage to their lungs. Another chronic lung disease that is commonly found in babies is SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). SIDS is an unexplained death, it usually happens while the baby is sleeping, it can happen to a healthy baby who is less than a year old. Some physicians say that the cause of SIDS is from the brain stem being defected; the brain stem controls breathing. Out of 60,000
Anthropology is rooted in western dominated knowledge, but this does not mean that “we” in the West have all the answers. In the United States there are unsolved mystery that pertain to both the medical and the anthropology field. In The Essence of Anthropology, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is discussed as an issue that results in the death of babies. SIDS has more prominently occurred in the United States and this might be a result of babies independently from their parents. While the practice of having a baby sleep independently is common in the U.S., it is common throughout the world to have a parent to co-sleep with their baby. This may be the answer to reducing the high rates of SIDS in the U.S. and consequently shows that the United
SIDS and how to prevent it, are still limited. The leaders in this field are
Infants born from mothers that smoked are three times more likely to die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), a condition in which babies who appears healthy die suddenly while sleeping, as are babies whose mothers do not smoke during pregnancy. This is also a point of contention between researchers as well. "Children born to mothers who smoked while pregnant, and possibly children whose grandmothers smoked while pregnant, have a higher risk of developing childhood asthma (Child)." Women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to be born with birth defects such as cleft lip or palate and to have low birth weight.