I have not read the entire article but please weigh in on what you think about this.
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Okay, first, that is freaking scary.
Second, I'd have an issue with the nurse on staff at that time...at 4:10 he got out of bed and had all kinds of issues....was put back to bed and not checked on again for 4 hours. Someone screwed up.
I'm not saying they could have saved him, but with increasing issues, he definitely should've been checked on much sooner than 4 hours later.
It also seems to me that he had a LOT of medications that were tylenol based in those 24 hours. I wonder if that had something to do with it.
No matter what, that is freaking scary...it makes me appreciate the fact that when I was in the hospital all of my family took turns being up there with me, I was never alone the entire time, even over night and I know that couch/bed thing could not have been very comfortable.
Hmmm, I wonder then, if maybe SIDS is actually caused by Chiari. Maybe the babies have Chiari but it is not known and they have issues in the deep sleep.
That would be an interesting route to investigate.
According to the local “Childrens hospital” (name purposely undisclosed) my daughter was the youngest they had ever diagnosed with Chiari type 1. As most cases, it was diagnosed by accident. She had recently had tubes in her ears and was off balance, the ent we were seeing found the chairi on her mri. A world reknowned ns was on the case, and was willing to do any surgery necessary free of charge because she was the youngest ever in their facility at 18 months. Thank goodness she hasnt needed surgery yet, but I offer that if sids is related, and it could be, its probably not found because no one looks for it.
Abby said:
Mike,
I lost two very good chiari friends last year, who passed away in their sleep. Both, were mothers who had grown children, which found them the next morning. I ask my Neurologist about why this happens. He said he thought it was during the central deep sleep, the brain does not have proper connection with the vagus nerve failure to signals to communicate breathing and heart beat. Read more.
Impact of Sleep on Arrhythmogenesis
circep.ahajournals.org/content/2/4/450.fullby RL Verrier - 2009 - Cited by 33 - Related articlesThe dynamics of respiration and heart rhythm vary greatly between sleep states. ... sleep, bursts of vagus nerve activity may result in pauses in heart rhythm and frank asystole ... A, Hourly incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) onset between midnight ... Arrhythmia prevalence (%) according to sleep-disordered breathing ...Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) - Stanford University
web.stanford.edu/~dement/sids.htmlStanford UniversityOct 23, 1998 - Infant breathing disorders are also included in the parasomnia ... Sleep-induced arrhythmias (loss of rhythm in the heart) may be a factor in SIDS. ... Although increased vagal tone (refers to the vagus nerve) is thought to have
this is scary for someone with Apnea who can't use a mask...
Hawgdaddy said:
According to the local "Childrens hospital" (name purposely undisclosed) my daughter was the youngest they had ever diagnosed with Chiari type 1. As most cases, it was diagnosed by accident. She had recently had tubes in her ears and was off balance, the ent we were seeing found the chairi on her mri. A world reknowned ns was on the case, and was willing to do any surgery necessary free of charge because she was the youngest ever in their facility at 18 months. Thank goodness she hasnt needed surgery yet, but I offer that if sids is related, and it could be, its probably not found because no one looks for it.
That’s kinda what I meant. It’s not looked for hardly ever, it seems like it’s always by accident that it is found. I think that could be an interesting study done. If there is a correlation, then maybe SIDS could be eradicated.
Bob, why can’t you wear a mask?
Also, I have my six-week post-op next week, I will need to remember to ask about this since I’m still not really sleeping.