SIDS SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME whaddup

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SIDS (SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME) whaddup?
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WHAT IS SIDS?

• Also know as crib death
• the unexplained death of an apparently healthy
  infant, usually during sleep
• Biological cause is unknown by the medical world
• Occurs in 1-2 per 1000 born
• Occurs between 12 8 AM
• Usually affects babies from 2 two 6 months

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CAUSES OF SIDS

• While exact cause is unkown, one important
  leading factor is a respitory tract infection
• Other risks that can lead to SIDS
• The baby sleeps on his or her stomach.
• The baby's mother smoked during pregnancy.
• The mother was under the age of twenty at
  pregnancy.
• The mother abuses drugs.
• The mother received little or no prenatal (before
  birth) care.
• The baby was born prematurely (early) or with a
  low birth weight.
• The baby lives in house where someone smokes.
• The baby is male (SIDS is more common for infant
  boys that girls (61)).
• Baby is a member of a minority or low-income
  family.
• Baby's family has a history of Sudden Infant
  Death Syndrome.

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MEDICAL THEORIES ON SIDS

• MEDICAL DISORDERS
• - lack of oxygen ? suffocation
• - unbalanced blood composition ? brain failure
• - faulty nervous system ? inability to wake from
  low 02
• -- mechanism failure
• -- faulty immune system

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MEDICAL THEORIES (continued)

• PHYSICAL SURROUNDINGS
• - sleeping enviornment
• -- soft vs. hard bedding
• -- position
• -- atmosphere (temp., room)

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SYMPTOMS?

• Due to its name, SUDDEN infant death syndrome has
  no warning symptoms
• Death occurs suddenly and with little notice
• Baby usually does not cry ? death is silent and
  painless

IN 2000
Deaths per 1000
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DIAGNOSIS?

• Because the disease has such little explanation
  and testing, it is diagnosed through exclusion
• Relative to each case, if all other possible
  causes of death are negative and no other cause
  can be found
• SIDS can be diagnosed

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TREATMENT?

• Because the disease cannot be diagnosed until
  death, treatment does not exist
• Best treatment is prevention
• Treatment for parents
• Counseling Support Groups

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PREVENTION

• PUT YOUR BABY IN A GOOD SLEEPING POSITION
• - side or back to prevent smothering
• -ENSURE THE BIRTH MOTHER TAKES NECESSARY MEASURES
  DURING PRENATAL CARE
• SLEEP YO BABY ON A FIRM MATTRESS
• MAKE SURE THE ROOM TEMP. IS BAREABLE
• BREAST FEED BABY
• KEEP BABYS ROOM SMOKE FREE
• ELECTRONICALLY MONITOR BABY
• - breathing alarm

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TEN LEADING CAUSES OF INFANT DEATHS IN US

• Congenital anomalies
• Pre-term/Low birthweight
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (10 of
  first year deaths)
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Problems related to complications of pregnancy
• Complications of placenta, cord, and membrane
• Accidents
• Perinatal infections
• Pneumonia/Influenza
• Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia

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THE END
ALEX MILLER Period 2