Taunja was mildly retarded from
oxygen deprivation at birth.
Not exact matches
Brain cells begin to die after
oxygen deprivation for 4 minutes... I'm sure that Dr. Amy has,
at some point, done infant resuscitation.
Researchers believe this abnormality, in the brain's control of head and neck movement, breathing, heartbeat and the body's responses to
deprivation of
oxygen supply, could be the reason why some babies sleeping on their front are more
at risk of SIDS.
These include seizures or fits, bleeding within the brain, stroke just before or
at birth, infections like meningitis, and damage caused by
oxygen deprivation.
Considering the brain uses 20 % of the body's
oxygen at any given time, the risk for brain damage from
oxygen deprivation is especially high.