Infant Death Syndrome

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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is a sudden death that is unexplainable in infant children ranging from 1 month to 1 years old. A thorough investigation is conducted, including a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and a review of the clinical history. It is often called by its other name “Crib Death”, mainly because the child is found in their crib at the time of death, although there are cases where the deceased child is found in other places. SIDS is the leading cause of death in children between one month and one year old. Most SIDS deaths occur when babies are between two months and four months old. Premature babies, boys, African Americans, and American Indian/Alaska Native infants have a higher risk of SIDS. Even after a …show more content…
The breakdown of SIDS deaths are male babies 60% and female babies 40%. Despite awareness campaigns promoting the sleeping on the back position and other safe sleep practices, there continues to be more than 4,500 SUID every year. Many feel that 80 – 90 percent of these deaths are the result of unsafe sleep practices such as bed sharing, use of soft bedding and stomach sleep position. Others believe that some other causes of SUID are inherited metabolic disorders, genetic cardiac disorders, infection, and intentional suffocation. Despite all the risk reducing steps that parents and childcare provides are implementing, SIDS is still the leading cause of death for babies one month to one year of age. At this time, there is no known way to prevent all sudden infant deaths, but there are lifesaving steps parents and caregivers can take to help protect their baby and the babies that they care for from SIDS and SUID. Make sure to educate everyone you know who cares for babies about these important safety …show more content…
Initial feelings of shock, confusion and blame are compounded with many questions with no comforting and understandable answers. Often times lack of answers adds to the overwhelming feelings of grief and helplessness to a parent’s loss. These intense emotions are real and a normal part of grieving and can be somewhat overbearing to some. Grieving is not easy. It is long, unpredictable process and requires a lot of patience. In the case of a death for which no specific cause can be found, the lack of answers about why your baby has died can be overwhelming. In some cases, in can tear a family or marriage apart or bring them closer together. You must have understanding, time to heal and lots of support. Some may require outside support such as a SIDS support group, where they can hear about other people’s loss and how they dealt with it and how to stop blaming themselves or others. They will also learn ways to grieve without destruction, it will allow them to express their own loss, and to move forward from their fears of expecting this to happen again when they have another baby. Just remember surviving the sudden death of a baby is never

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