Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

          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

( Hayes, Robert & Stowe, 1996). In more studies co-sleeping protect some babies from sudden infant death (SIDS), co-sleeping babies tend to nurse more often, sleep lightly, and have more practice at responding to maternal arousal. Arousal deficiencies have been linked to some sudden infant death and long periods of deep sleep for the infant could complicate the matters more.

It is every parents’ worst fear to wake up one morning to find that their child has passed away without warning. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), the common name used today is also referred to as Crib Death, which is an unexplained death occurring during sleep of a seemingly healthy baby less than a year old (mayo clinic). Even though there are some ways to prevent SIDS, there is no guarantee that a child is a hundred percent safe. Some ways to prevent SIDS can be done with parental knowledge of how SIDS occurs. Even though the baby has nothing medically wrong, it could be that the parents did something unintentionally by accident or are simply uniformed.

Infant mortality rate constitutes the death of a baby before their first birthday. Mortality rates around the world differ tremendously with America leading the first world countries at an alarming rate of 6.1 deaths per 1,000 births. Conversely, Finland and Japan secure the last, most desirable position, with deaths totaling 2.3 per 1,000 births, as of 2010. (Ovaska-Few, 2015) In 2014, over 23,000 babies died in the United States. (CDC, 2016) Exploring the mortality rates in America brings light to a dire need for additional interventions and research as to why this developing nation has the highest rate of infant deaths before the age of 1 year old. African Americans face the worst outcomes of infant death compared to whites, Latino, and their Native American peers in North Carolina. (Ovaska-Few, 2015) This paper will explore why African American are the leading race for infant mortality and the steps that health communities need to take to address this devastating occurrence.

“Compared with European Americans, African American infants experience disproportionately high rates of low birth weight (LBW) and preterm delivery and are more than twice as likely to die during their 1st year of life”(Giscombé, C. L., & Lobel, M., 2005). The infant mortality rate for African Americans is 13.7 deaths per 1000 live births, more than twice the rate (5.7) for White Americans in the U.S. (Kung, Hoyert, Xu, & Murphy, 2008). A lot of the racial disparity in infant mortality can be explained by low birthweight and preterm delivery, which are also disproportionately and often experienced by African Americans (Martin et al., 2007).

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.

Many questions about the causes of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), also known as “crib death,” are still unresolved. The mysterious and elusive nature of SIDS creates problems, doubts, and more questions. This paper will present some of the most commonly asked questions as well as the answers that have been uncovered by scientists after years of research and study.

SIDS is something that scares every new parent, but what terrifies parents even more is that no one knows what causes sudden infant death syndrome. There are ways that people could reduce the risk of SIDS but it won’t guarantee that it won’t happen. Babies are to be placed on their back while sleeping and never to be facing down towards the blankets or on their sides. Another thing that is told to decrease the chances of SIDS is to take out any extra blankets or stuffed animals that many get in the babies face. As a first time parent I was very paranoid about SIDS because no can explain why this is happening to healthy babies, so for the first year I made sure that I did everything right. Than one day when my son was eight months old he stopped

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is one of the most predominate unsolved problems in the early stages of life. The number of children who die from SIDS each year is higher than the number of those who die of cancer, heart disease, pneumonia, child abuse, AIDS, cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy combined. There has been a lot of debate about the term, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, the sudden and unexpected death of an apparently well, or healthy infant, whose death remains unexplained after the performance of a thorough autopsy (Valdes-Dapena, 1979). This essay will help to outline the various aspects of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and will help in broadening public knowledge of the tragic

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Breastfeed your baby, if possible. Breastfeeding reduces some upper respiratory infections that may influence the development of SIDS.

SIDS and how to prevent it, are still limited. The leaders in this field are

Indian family Mr. and Mrs. Gill, they are mother and father to little Jamey, six months and Monica 2. Husband is working as a truck driver and wife working at Walmart as a cashier.

I believe that lack of knowledge about this sudden death in babies also affects how the death rate is really high in the country. “SIDS, in which an infant dies during sleep from an undetermined cause, can be a huge source of anxiety for new parents — and rightly so. Even after Back to Sleep efforts helped cut the SIDS rate by more than half from 1994 to today, it is still the leading cause of death among U.S. infants aged 1 month to 1 year, with 2,300 cases annually”. This line from the washington post enables one to understand how even though the was some strategies that was used to prevent Sudden Infant Death like the back-sleep, the death of babies in the country is still high to me. about 2,300 cases annually is really high for a developed country like United States of America. This also shows that this disease might not have a cure for this disease and this is really bad and as time goes on, if there is no prevention for this, the rate in the next few years will

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