Imagine one night you are putting your baby to sleep like you always do, when you wake up in the morning to find that your infant has all of the sudden passed away in their sleep. This phenomenon has become a parent’s worst fear. Their baby has passed away from sudden infant death syndrome and there is nothing they can do or could have done about it. SIDS is a real thing and has occurred all throughout history. It is very important to understand variables that can increase your chance of losing a
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the most frequent cause of death between 1 month and 1 year of age (Naeye). SIDS is defined as the sudden death of any infant or young child that is unexpected by it’s history, and in which a thorough postmortem examination fails to determine an adequate cause (Hunt 1987). It is important to consider both aspects of this definition in order not to ‘overdiagnose’ SIDS. A mistake of this nature would occur with failure to report
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Sudden infant death syndrome, better known as S.I.D.S., is one of the leading causes for the inflated infant mortality rate in this country today. It is often misunderstood or unrecognizable. For the most part, the causes of SIDS are unknown to the general public. This is changing, however, as public awareness is ever increasing. Thus, the purpose of this paper will be to explain sudden infant death syndrome and its known or suggested causes. Also, the history
Abstract 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
risk factors and causes of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, parents and caregivers can use that information to reduce the infant mortality rate dramatically. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, more commonly known as SIDS is the unexplained, unexpected death of an infant under a year old that appears healthy (CDC,
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) or "crib death" is an abrupt and inexplicable death of an apparently healthy infant. Most of the cases involve infants from ages 1-12 months, and the event occurs during the night. Various theories have been postulated from research results but without consistency of the etiology. Since the death is sudden, prior diagnostic criteria or patterns are not available for correlation, although some near-miss infants have been
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) 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. In 1969, researchers agreed to define SIDS as “the sudden death of an infant or young
Alcohol as a risk factor for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) As we began studying the concept of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in class and within chapter four in our textbook. I immediately became interested in how a baby could suddenly die at such a young age. I had never heard about the syndrome before and began to search databases to find such causations for this tragedy that takes over 2,500 children under the age of one, each year. This epidemiological study I found to be most interesting
In recent history, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or more commonly referred to as SIDS, is the most common cause of death for infants under the age of one year in the western part of the globe, but SIDS also occurs throughout the world. More commonly occurring during sleep in the child’s place of rest such as a crib, although it can take place anywhere and at any time; such as in baby carriages, safety car seats, or even someone’s arms. There is no sign or warning, definitive onset, and there are no
serious problems, too. Your baby could be born too early, have a birth defect, or die from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Even being around cigarette smoke can cause health problems for you and your baby. So, what is SIDS, Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the unexplained death, usually during sleep, of a seemingly healthy baby less than a year old. SIDS is sometimes known as crib death because the infants often die in their cribs.
respond to my infant cries quicker and to feed in the middle of the night if necessary. However, I would not allow my infant to sleep in the same bed as me. I know that I am a heavy sleeper and I fear I would roll over on my baby, I would more likely have a bassinet near my bed because of the possible risk factors that could be involved when your infant is sleeping improperly. Although shared sleeping has some benefits like, promoting breast feeding, detection of breathing problems in infant, and quick
Navpreet Kaur Developmental Psychology Dr. Anne Sinclair 13 February 2017 Sudden Infant Syndrome is the abrupt, mysterious death of a baby that is younger than the age of one. It is the top reason of fatality among babies between one month and one year of age. Sudden Infant Syndrome is abbreviated as SIDS, and it is occasionally called “crib death” or “cot death.” It is associated with the timeframe when the baby is slumbering. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development reported
There are multiple definitions for SIDS, otherwise known as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. According to the textbook Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions by Margaret Frazier and Jeanette Drzymkowski, this disease is defined as “the sudden and unpredicted death of an infant under the age of one year”. Another source, the Ohio Department of Health describes it as “the sudden death of an infant less than one year of age, which remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including
Dear Parents I am writing to inform you about the negative effects of passive smoking on a child’s health. Passive smoking also known as second hand smoking is when you inhale smoke from other people’s cigarettes, cigars or pipes. This action is very bad in concern to health overall. In children especially, the negative effects include; respiratory illness, asthma attacks and symptoms, lung airway disease, brain cancer, lymphomas and meningococcal disease. All these disease are injurious to health
and after the baby is born includes Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), The Effects of Smoking on a Developing Fetus and/or Baby, Shaken Baby Syndrome, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). First, a woman drinking while pregnant risks giving birth to a child that may have to pay that
Some parents of infants think co-sleeping is beneficial, however; experts do believe that this practice is very dangerous. Every parent has the decision to co-sleep (sharing a bed with your baby), its weather they do or not that counts. There are reasons parents decide for or against, for example; if you’re a heavy sleeper, you might accidently roll over and suffocate your child. You might not realize that something like could happen, but it can. “Most parents just figure it will be easier for them
Health issues throughout the human lifespan are always hard to deal with. In this essay, I will give examples of different health issues that occur throughout the lifespan of a human. The seven different stages of a human’s lifespan include: infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood. By the concluding paragraph of this essay, you will have gained knowledge of some of the health related issues of a given person throughout their lifespan
Infants and toddlers have the fastest developmental rate when compared to the other categories of developmental stages, such as, preschooler, school age, teen, and so on. There are significant improvements in their physical, psychosocial and cognitive development within their first few years. First, their motor skills dramatically improve through the first few years. Second, their developmental milestone throughout the sensorimotor phase. Third, the health risks that is commonly associated with infants/toddlers
4.1 The environment in supporting speech, language and communication development is very important because you need the children’s perspective in mind. For example: areas should be available to the children inside and outside. The staff must have an area where the noise is reduced and there are less distractions so that the child is able to concentrate. There should be enough light in the room for both to see clearly so it isn’t too dark for them to see the work or your facial expressions. This
A very controversial topic in the world today is, parent-infant sleeping, otherwise known as, “co-sleeping.” Parents want to know if there’s any risks or is sleeping with their child actually beneficial. A longitudinal study was invented to test the effects of co-sleeping within the first year of an infant’s life. Researchers took a sample of, “139 families at one, three, six, nine, and twelve months of infant age in the central Pennsylvania area” (Teti, Shimizu, Cosby, & Kim, 2016). At each of