Saturday, November 12, 2011

SIDS

I chose to research SIDS or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. When I was blessed with my little girl I worried so much about her suffering from SIDS. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the unexpected, sudden death of a child under age 1 in which an autopsy does not show an explainable cause of death. The cause of SIDS is unknown, but doctors and researchers now believe that SIDS is caused by several different factors such as problems with the baby's ability to wake up and the inability for the baby's body to detect a build-up of carbon dioxide in the blood. SIDS rates have dropped dramatically. Unfortunately, SIDS remains a significant cause of death in infants under one year old. Thousands of babies die of SIDS in the United States each year. SIDS is most likely to occur between 2 and 4 months of age. SIDS affects boys more often than girls and most SIDS deaths occur in the winter. Many of the less developed countries still have high infant mortality rates from identifiable causes of death, such as respiratory infections, malnutrition, and diarrhea, but do no consider SIDS a major issue when it comes to death in infants.


http://www.sids-network.org/experts/devcoun.htm



www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002533
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 12, 2011 at 3:16 PM

    SIDS is a scary thing for all new parents. I had a friend who lost her little one to SIDS. The pain of that loss has prevented her from having another child. I think she is fearful of losing another child to SIDS.

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  2. TamiekaNovember 13, 2011 at 6:42 PM

    Hello Stephanie,

    SIDS is something that actually weakens me being a mother to a three month old boy. Last year, I had a parent to loose her baby to SIDS. Yes, its scary, but you have to think positive about the health and safety of young infants during this drastic period.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 14, 2011 at 2:05 PM

    Nice public health topic Stephanie,

    I drew some attention to SIDS as well because of it's "unknown" causes. I can understand your stress about your baby girl because even tho I'm not a mother yet something like this taking place would consume my mental as well. I'm happy to know the rates are dropping (atleast in America).

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