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SIDS

SIDS. By: C.J. Cortes, Richard Dorsainvil, and Aarronn Quinones. What is SIDS?. SIDS stands for sudden infant death syndrome. It is seen as the cause if the death of the infant remains unexplained. Approximately 3,000 infants die each year from this disease. Cause of SIDS.

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SIDS

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  1. SIDS By: C.J. Cortes, Richard Dorsainvil, and Aarronn Quinones

  2. What is SIDS? • SIDS stands for sudden infant death syndrome. • It is seen as the cause if the death of the infant remains unexplained. • Approximately 3,000 infants die each year from this disease.

  3. Cause of SIDS • There is no known cause for SIDS. • Certain factors such as wrong physical or sleep environments for the infant. • These factors are different for every infant. • A leading hypothesis is that SIDS may reflect a delay or abnormality in the development of nerve cells within the brain which affect the function of the lungs and heart.

  4. Cure/Treatments for SIDS? • Unfortunately, there is no cure for this disease or treatments for this disease.

  5. Symptoms of SIDS • The symptoms are basically nonexistent because deaths occur without any warning.

  6. Prevention of SIDS? • There are several ways of preventing this disease from affecting the infant and possibly saving his or her life such as: • Always put a baby to sleep on its back. • Only put babies to sleep in a crib. • Don’t use breathing monitors/products marketed as ways to reduce SIDS.

  7. Prevention of SIDS? (cont’d) • Let babies sleep in the same room as the parents (not in the same bed). • Avoid soft bedding materials. • Make sure that the room temperature isn’t too hot or cold. • Offer a baby a pacifier before it goes to sleep.

  8. Famous person whose baby died from SIDS • Robert Redford

  9. Work Cited • http://www.sids.org/ndefinition.htm • http://www.cjsids.org/grief-and-bereavement/if-youre-bereaved.html • http://www.news-medical.net/news/2004/07/09/3182.aspx • http://www.celebritydiagnosis.com/2011/01/robert-redford-talks-about-sons-death-from-sids/ • SIDS & Infant Death Survival Guide: Information and Comfort for Grieving Family & Friends & Professionals Who Seek to Help Them, Robin Rice and Joani Nelson Horchler Authors, 2003

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