OH, NO!!! PLEASE, LORD, NO!!! She has stopped breathing! CALL 911!! HURRY!!!
This happens up to five thousand (reported) times a year in the United States.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome has become a scour
OH, NO!!! PLEASE, LORD, NO!!! She has stopped breathing! CALL 911!! HURRY!!!
This happens up to five thousand (reported) times a year in the United States.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome has become a scourge to young and old parents, alike. I have raised three children and have suffered through many nights wondering if I should shake my child to see if it’s sleeping or if something may be wrong. All new parents have this urge and, the more they hear about all the things that may go wrong, it is no accident they become paranoid. The medical profession has, since post World War II, inundated the lay public with the statement that SIDS is idiopathic. My fifty-one years in private practice, specializing in children with scoliosis, has proved to me that SIDS is both predictable and preventable. In addition, I have taught on the post-graduate faculties of ten chiropractic colleges and my research has shown a correlation between presently accepted obstetric procedures and the incidence of SIDS.
In the year following the recognition of the seriousness of this condition, the medical profession determined that, since all SIDS deaths occur when the baby is on its stomach, that must be the cause. The profession then determined all babies should sleep on their backs to prevent the syndrome. This, of course, caused the child to develop a flat area in the occipital region of its skull. In 2004, the medical profession determined all babies should wear helmets when sleeping, for the first year of life. This would prevent the flattening of the skull.
DEFINITION: The medical profession has defined Sudden Infant Death Syndrome as the “sudden and unexplained death of an infant less than one year of age.”
The American Academy of Pediatrics states SIDS, sometimes called “crib death,” takes the life of over five thousand babies every year. There are also an unknown number of children who die with listings of “unknown” causes that may be SIDS deaths.
The American Academy of Pediatrics further states that doctors and nurses do not know what causes SIDS, but they have provided some hints for parents to follow. My question would be, “If we do not know what causes the condition, on what do we base the application of prevention?”
The following are quotes from the AAP website.
• ACADEMY STATEMENT: “Healthy babies should sleep on their backs.”
1. My understanding, from training in pediatrics, is that babies have been put on their stomachs to keep the airway open.
2. Babies are normally put down after nursing or being bottle-fed so that, if they spit up, it may not cause them to choke.
3. Another problem in continually putting a baby on its back is that its skull is very soft and I have seen many infants with the backs of their heads flat, instead of round. A child will normally roll its head from side to side, when sleeping, which is God’s design to keep the head from becoming deformed.
• ACADEMY STATEMENTS: “The death is sudden and unpredictable; in most cases the baby appears healthy.” “Death comes quickly, usually during sleep time.” “After thirty years of research, scientists still cannot find one definite cause for SIDS.” “There is no way to predict or prevent SIDS.”
The foregoing statements have been attributed to the Academy, U. S. Public Health Service, SIDS Alliance and Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs.
• MY STATEMENTS: I will provide information to show that SIDS may well be predictable and is definitely preventable. Unfortunately, the cause and prevention do not follow prescribed medical procedures and protocols. They fall within the realm of musculoskeletal biomechanics and neurology. It has to do with the way the body was designed to respond to trauma and the long lasting effects trauma has on the body.
Cause and Effect
Trauma to the phrenic nerve, located in the cervical spine is the most logical cause of SIDS. The following pages will present clinical information confirming my opinion as to why any extensive pressure on the phrenic nerve would cause the condition known as SIDS. The nerve controls the function of the diaphragm, which controls our breathing. The Phrenic nerve emits from the cervical spine at the level of the third cervical vertebrae.
Any occlusion/pressure on the nerve causes a disturbance in the nerve transmission—which affects the function of the diaphragm.
Each of the spinal nerves is an extension of the brain, which controls all functions of 