Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
SIDS is situation in which a seemingly healthy infant, at least 2 months of age, suddenly stops breathing and dies unexpectedly while asleep Berger 2009). My first knowledge of this subject came when I was a young minister 30 years ago, my pastor and I was called to a member’s home of a baby who had die. I did not know why or how at the time but later learned it was SIDS. The mom put the baby down for a nap and notice a few hours later the baby had not made any noise. To the mother’s grief the baby had died. It was interesting to me to find that the death rate was high in poverty stricken areas but the Geographic location also played a part, such as, “Bangladeshi families in England are often quite poor, yet their babies almost never die of SIDS (Berger 2009).” The good thing is the death rate of SIDS case has and continues to decrease due to better health conditions , wide spread information, and nutrition.
Reference
Berger,K.S.(2009). The developing person through childhood (5th ed.). New York, NY:Worth Publishers.
SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Expansion of Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment. January 15, 2012, Pediatrics Vol. 128 No. 5 November 1, 2011 pp. e1341 -e1367 (doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-2285) Published online October 17, 2011
Hi Andre! What a sad story! I can't imagine walking into a home where a child has passed away, let alone one where it just doesn't make sense. I can't imagine the mother's heartbreak. Thank God you both were there to comfort her. It is strange that there are still so many different diseases and death related syndromes like this that do not have an origin and we are unable to prevent fully. Thanks for the post.
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