A CURE FOR SIDS???

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Re: A CURE FOR SIDS???
« Reply #90 on: September 15, 2008, 10:22:50 AM » by mommie

yeah, again I'd only be "concerned" if it were like a baby under a year....

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Re: A CURE FOR SIDS???
« Reply #91 on: September 15, 2008, 03:51:12 PM » by joyinautism

Hi:

I was unable to find anyone mentioning the connection between SIDS and vaccinations. Wrap your mattresses all you want but also try to start immunizations latter in your babies life. It is not coincidental that the rise on SIDS started around the same time as vaccinations started to be used more commonly (1950's).
I do believe that been careful with the surface your child sleeps on night after night is important but other factors can also be easily controlled.

Joyinautism

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Re: A CURE FOR SIDS???
« Reply #92 on: September 15, 2008, 04:37:37 PM » by cjanderin

Quote from: joyinautism on September 15, 2008, 03:51:12 PM

I agree with starting vaccinations a little later than the norm but not for the reason of SIDS. In NZ, the rates among one group of people is high for SIDS and low for immunising their kids.

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Re: A CURE FOR SIDS???
« Reply #93 on: September 16, 2008, 07:56:10 AM » by healthybratt

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Summary In some cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) the intestinal flora was found to be dominated byCandida albicans. Microbiologic investigations of the various organs showed the occasional presence of different Candida species, but not in the form of massive growth as in sepsis. There is no basis to assume that the activity of yeasts, first of all ofCandida albicans, is a contributory factor in the occurrence of SIDS.
Candida albicans was shown to produce alcohol from glucose at a rate of maximally 1 mg of alcohol per gram of intestinal content per hour. It is concluded that the intestinal production of alcohol in vivo from cases showing aCandida albicans dominated intestinal flora will not be able to surpass the normal alcohol metabolizing capacity of the liver. Thus, measurable concentrations of alcohol in the blood from such cases cannot be expected.

http://www.springerlink.com/index/JW30113168055296.pdf

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Does gastrointestinal Candida albicans prevent ubiquinone absorption?
[My paper] C A Krone, G W Elmer, J T Ely, H H Fudenberg, J Thoreson
Applied Research Institute, PO Box 1925, Palmerston North, New Zealand. cakrone@xtra.co.nz
Ubiquinones (coenzyme Qs (CoQ)) are essential for oxidative phosphorylation in yeasts and humans, although the isomers present in each are different. The human coenzyme Q, CoQ10, is administered orally for the treatment of heart disease and other disorders. Some patients, however, require much higher doses than others to attain a therapeutic CoQ10 blood level. We propose that one possible explanation for this variability is Candida colonization of the GI tract. Many common medical treatments including antibiotics and anti-hyperchlorhydric agents increase the risk of GI tract Candida colonization. Subsequent uptake and utilization of supplemental CoQ10 by the yeast could diminish availability for the human subject. Data from one patient and an in vitro pilot study using two pathogenic strains of C. albicans support this hypothesis. If C. albicans in the GI tract can hinder availability and interfere with therapeutic effects of CoQ10, it could be of clinical significance for large numbers of patients.

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Although low selenium levels have been recorded in infants, no specific human disorder has been linked to low selenium status. The incidence of thrush, the common enteric fungal infection caused by Candida albicans, has increased markedly with antibiotic therapy and research has provided evidence that its colonization leads to competition for Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) in the host. Furthermore it is now known that ubiquinones are essential in heart muscle for oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondrial respiratory chain and considered that glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx) in the mitochondria protects ubiquinone from oxidation.

http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0306987702003559

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Summary Question of the study Respiratory instability as well as tissue damage by free radicals (oxidative stress) have been hypothesized to play a role in cases of sudden and unexpected infant death in the first year of life. The ratio of the oxidized/reduced form of redox compounds in the circulation could be used as a marker of oxidative stress. Therefore, the sleep apnoea rate and redox status of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) (percentage of the oxidized form in total CoQ10) were measured in a population of clinically healthy infants in their first year of life in order to study whether a physiological parameter of respiratory instability is related to a biochemical parameter of oxidative stress.
Patients and methods Between May and December 1999, 323 infants in the first year of life were referred to a paediatric sleep laboratory. Sleep apnoea rate, periodic breathing and parameters of oxygenation (SaO2 and TcPO2) were calculated based on polysomnographic recordings. The CoQ10 redox status was calculated based on high-pressure liquid chromatographic (HPLC) analysis.
Results Statistical analysis showed an age-dependent decrease in apnoea rate (r = – 0.38) and CoQ10 redox status (r = – 0.40). An increased CoQ10 redox status (median: 16.6 %; range: 7.3 – 29.7 %) was found in infants with high apnoea rates above the 90th percentile of a reference group in comparison with infants with apnoea rates below the 90th percentile of a reference group (median: 10.4 %; range: 5.1 – 20.4 %; P = 0.031).
Conclusions These findings may indicate that high apnoea rates are accompanied by increased formation of free radicals in clinically healthy infants in the first year of life.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118897283/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

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Re: A CURE FOR SIDS???
« Reply #94 on: September 16, 2008, 09:21:17 AM » by hi_itsgwen

Can you boil that down into a summary in plain english?

it look interesting, but I only know what every 3rd word means...I am scientifically challenged and have 'special needs' hb Grin

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Re: A CURE FOR SIDS???
« Reply #95 on: September 16, 2008, 10:21:48 AM » by healthybratt

Quote from: hi_itsgwen on September 16, 2008, 09:21:17 AM

Can you boil that down into a summary in plain english?

it look interesting, but I only know what every 3rd word means...I am scientifically challenged and have 'special needs' hb Grin

~Gwen

Basically I gathered that candida interferes with the absorption of coenzyme 10 and this deficiency may be contributive to a heart malfunction which in turn contributes to SIDS.

In other words Candida/Yeast/Thrush/Etc may be a factor in crib death.

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Re: A CURE FOR SIDS???
« Reply #96 on: October 09, 2008, 03:43:12 PM » by lovingmomof2

Received this email and thought it would be good to pass it on to others.

October 9, 2008
Earth Clinic, LLC

Latest Remedies and Cures

Greetings!

Below is an October 7, 2008, article from the Wall Street Journal concerning SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) that we think you'll find very informative. We have also included a letter from Joyce Duke, RN -- one of Earth Clinic's frequent contributors -- explaining her own long-held theory about the cause of SIDS.

We ask that you please forward this email to as many friends and family members as possible, especially those with newborns. If we can save the life of even one infant with this information, what a blessing it will be.

STUDY SUGGESTS FAN USE CUTS SIDS RISK IN BABIES

October 7, 2008

By JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN
WALL STREET JOURNAL
http://wsj.com:80/article/SB122331625802208321.html

Using a fan while a baby is sleeping appears to significantly cut the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, according to new research.

Researchers at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, Calif., compared 185 babies who died from SIDS in 11 California counties between May 1, 1997 and April 30, 2000, with 312 normal infants from similar socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds living in the same counties. Mothers were asked several questions about fan use, pacifier use, room location, sleep surface, the type of covers over the baby, bedding under the infant, room temperature and whether a window was open.

The study, which is being published in the October issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, found that using a fan cut the risk of SIDS by 72%. The use of a fan in a room with a temperature higher than 69 degrees Fahrenheit was associated with a 94% decreased risk of SIDS compared with no fan use.

SIDS, or a sudden and unexplained death of a baby younger than one year old, kills about 2,500 infants annually and is the leading cause of death in that age group. While the cause of SIDS is unknown, one theory is that babies re-breathe exhaled carbon dioxide trapped near their airways from bedding or sleeping on their stomachs.

Since the mid-1990s it's been recommended that infants be placed on their backs to sleep rather than their stomachs. That recommendation, along with others such as sleeping on a firm mattress and avoiding soft bedding, was linked to a more than 50% decline in SIDS deaths from 1992 to 2003.

The lead researcher in the latest study, De-Kun Li, explained that fan use increases air movement in a baby's bedroom that could protect babies from re-breathing carbon dioxide.

"If parents want to take an extra measure, they should consider using a fan," he said. Dr. Li, a reproductive and perinatal epidemiologist, stressed that using a fan isn't a substitute for placing babies on their backs to sleep.

Marian Willinger, Special Assistant for SIDS Research at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, said the findings on fan use were interesting but need to be replicated.

"It cannot be emphasized strongly enough, however, that there is no substitute for the most effective means known to reduce the risk of SIDS: always placing infants for sleep on their backs," Dr. Willinger said in a statement.

Since 2005, it's also been recommended that infants use a pacifier. In 2005, Dr. Li released research from the same group of women used in the fan study, showing use of a pacifier cut the risk of SIDS by 90%. That finding helped back up recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics on adding pacifiers to the list of recommendations to cut SIDS risks.

The new study also looked at whether windows were open or closed. Babies who slept with an open window were less likely to die from SIDS compared to babies who slept with a closed window, but the finding wasn't considered statistically significant. The study was funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health and Kaiser Permanente.

Write to Jennifer Corbett Dooren at jennifer.corbett-dooren@dowjones.com

THE AMMONIA/SIDS CONNECTION
by Joyce S. Duke, RN (retired)

10/7/2008: Joyce S. Duke from Joelton, TN writes, "After wondering about the cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome for many years and paying attention to all articles that I could find on it, I began analyzing and adding up the different things to see where they led. The following is my theory and how I came to that conclusion.

The parents of these SIDS babies stated that they showed no signs of illness prior to their death.

Most of these babies were sleeping on their stomachs at the time of death.

The first thing that started me toward my theory was when I read about a doctor being awakened one night and going to check on his baby to find it not breathing and was aware of an ammonia odor in the baby's room. He hastily picked up the baby and held him in an open window to revive him. Mention was not made of whether or not he used chest compressions or other measures beyond the fresh air. While reading this I remembered many times that I was aware of a heavy ammonia odor when changing the early morning diapers on my own babies. They never had it while awake and their diapers were being changed often.

At this point I remembered reading about a wife found dead in her bathroom who apparently died while cleaning it. After an autopsy failed to find the cause of her death, the theory emerged that she was using both bleach and ammonia in cleaning the bathroom; when combined these two chemicals form a deadly gas that caused her death, leading to the warning to never mix bleach and ammonia together.

One question has never been answered for me, but the latest information on SIDS deaths being reduced further by the use of a fan makes me wonder even more, if my simple theory is correct.

Were the parents of these children ever asked, or did any of the autopsy reports ever address what these SIDS babies were wearing when they died? My theory hinges on the kind of diaper these children were wearing. If they were wearing a cloth diaper, which has again become very popular and would have been laundered (by the mother or diaper service), was bleach used in the laundering of them? Another question that I have never seen published is: Were they wearing a plastic panty over the diaper at their death?

Stale urine often does develop a strong ammonia odor. A baby wearing a cloth diaper laundered with bleach, under plastic panties, sleeping on its stomach would be in a position that would tunnel any gas formed (from ammonia in the urine & bleach in the diapers) and escaping at the waist right into its nose. I don't think it would take as much gas to overwhelm a baby as it did the woman cleaning her bathroom. A fan would keep the air moving and dilute the gas thereby preventing the death. An open window would increase air circulation and dilute the gas also.

At least one reader I am sure remembers exactly what her infant was wearing at the time of the child's SIDS death. If you are reading this and can answer my questions above, please write to me. I would welcome any and all replies from mothers and fathers of SIDS babies. Only you can answer my questions and prevent future SIDS deaths.

Please start warning new mothers of the danger while waiting for the answer if the above conditions were present when your little one died."

Joyce S. Duke, RN
contact email: jsduke33@gmail.com

With Warmest Regards,

Earth Clinic & Joyce S. Duke

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Re: A CURE FOR SIDS???
« Reply #97 on: October 09, 2008, 07:05:38 PM » by Lucky Scrunchy

www.stopsidsnow.com has all the information on how to prevent SIDS. Parents need to cover their mattresses in special mattress covers sold by Dr. Sprott I believe.

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Re: A CURE FOR SIDS???
« Reply #98 on: June 27, 2009, 10:42:30 AM » by prolifeguyswife

Has anyone done this successfully?

I have a few questions:

1. We wrapped both our mattress (since we co-sleep), and ordered a cover for our bassinet for nap time. We are SO HOT my husband is complaining constantly about the plastic, and the baby is getting so hot that I'm worried I'm actually contributing to the risk of sids instead of taking away from it. Has anyone experienced this? Any advice?

2. I bought an organic bassinet mattress - is "off-gassing" still a risk?

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Re: A CURE FOR SIDS???
« Reply #99 on: June 27, 2009, 10:56:28 AM » by orcuttranch

I don't know if this has already been posted yet, but I saw this advertisement in the pediatrician's waiting room. They have them for cribs and bassinets. Oh - and I just noticed they have them for playpens, too. It's called the guardian sleeper.

http://www.mommys-little-helpers.com/

The video I saw in the pediatrician's office was much more informative. I can't even find pictures on the website that accurately show what it does. I haven't looked too hard either though. It is basically a sleeper with a belt around it that slides around the mattress. It keeps them on their back and provides the extra blanket that they need.

Okay - here is the video from Youtube and this is actually called Baby Sleep Safe, but also has Guardian in it? Maybe it's the same or maybe they're similar products.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xL0WRouElM

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Re: A CURE FOR SIDS???
« Reply #100 on: June 27, 2009, 10:32:55 PM » by Mamatoto

Quote from: prolifeguyswife on June 27, 2009, 10:42:30 AM

We wrapped both our mattress (since we co-sleep), and ordered a cover for our bassinet for nap time. We are SO HOT my husband is complaining constantly about the plastic, and the baby is getting so hot that I'm worried I'm actually contributing to the risk of sids instead of taking away from it. Has anyone experienced this? Any advice?

I haven't read through this whole thread so don't know if this has been covered, but just wanted to remind everybody that baby sleeping in close proximity to his mama is the second best thing (behind baby sleeping on his back) you can do to reduce the chance of SIDS. According to Dr. Sears, "[r]esearch shows that infants who sleep in a crib are twice as likely to suffer a sleep related fatality (including SIDS) than infants who sleep in bed with their parents." There's a reason SIDS is also called "crib death." At a recent LLL meeting, the leader explained that it is normal for babies to stop breathing in their sleep for a short period of time, then start breathing again, and that hearing/feeling mama breathing regulates baby's breathing and so babies who sleep close to their mama have a lower chance of NOT starting to breathe again. (This is not surprising given that skin-to-skin regulates breathing, body temperature, and heart rate.) The reason that pacifier use while sleeping reduces the incidence of SIDS is because when a baby stops breathing for a long enough chunk of time, the pacifier will fall out of his mouth and thus wake the baby up.

Dr. Sears also says that "babies who are overheated have an increased risk of SIDS." So my 2 cents is that, if you feel baby is getting overheated from wrapping your mattress, then I would unwrap the mattress to avoid that risk factor, and know that by co-sleeping you are doing one of the best things you possibly can to reduce the risk of SIDS during the night (and any naps you might take with baby). As far as naps you don't take with baby, you might try using a fan in baby's room. My guess is that the talk of a fan reducing the risk of SIDS may really be because it provides a regular rhythm that might help "remind" baby to breathe (just my hypothesis!) or that it keeps a room from getting too hot which would in turn overheat baby.

Here are some other SIDS facts from Dr. Sears: "Ninety percent of SIDS occurs by six months of age, with most cases occurring between two and four months of age. SIDS occurs during an infant's sleep, either nighttime or naptime, and occurs most frequently between 10 p.m. and 10 a.m., with the peak time of death around 5 a.m. SIDS is more common during the winter months. For unknown reasons, SIDS is higher in males than females by a ratio of 1.5 to 1.0." My hypothesis for why SIDS occurs most frequently in the middle of the night is because the house is typically really quiet then, so if baby stops breathing for too long there are no sounds to "remind" baby to breathe. And my hypothesis for why SIDS occurs most frequently during the winter is that parents are more likely to overdress babies when it is cold outside. My midwife and pediatrician assert that babies need the same number of layers of clothes as adults, not the oft-talked-about one layer more.

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Re: A CURE FOR SIDS???
« Reply #101 on: June 28, 2009, 11:21:17 PM » by prolifeguyswife

Wow, thanks for the info! I still want to find a way to wrap the mattress and have him stay cool, but I'll have to think on that to find a way, I guess. Last night we kept a window open, but he still seemed hot when we woke up in the morning. I guess the question is whether it's worse to be warm, or to breathe in the toxins from the mattress?

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« Reply #102 on: June 28, 2009, 11:39:41 PM » by Mamatoto

Here is an interesting idea I read in Living Green by Greg Horn (Garden of Life CEO). He is talking about the outgassing of building materials, but I wonder if it would also work for mattresses and other furniture.

"One of the easiest solutions is improved ventilation. Often this will be sufficient since building materials generally outgas in large amounts when they are new and in decreasing amounts as they age. In her book, Home Safe Home, Debra Lynn Dadd recommends [another] relatively simple and cheap solution: A "bake-out" to remove volatile gases and cure the materials into an inert form. The steps: (1) Remove all people, pets and plants. (2) Close all doors and windows. (3) Turn up central heat as far as it will go (or use space heaters). (4) At the end of each 24-hour period, open the doors and windows and air your home out completely. Use a fan if necessary. (5) Sniff around and check for odors. Determine if they are gone, or if you need another day of baking." He goes on to say "the process can be completed in as little as one day and rarely takes more than four days."

Any thoughts on whether this would work with furniture, too???

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Re: A CURE FOR SIDS???
« Reply #103 on: June 28, 2009, 11:57:35 PM » by herbalmom

See posts 75 & 76 airing, sunning & 'bake outs' DO help lessen fumes with furniture, mattresses, clothes, etc. We do it all the time.

I still think that's why fans, sleeping on the back & mattress covers all help prevent SIDS- because in many (not all - there are other causes as well) cases toxins from the mattress, bedding, mold in the mattress, etc is the cause & all of these methods actually help lessen the toxins near the baby's face.

HTH Blessings ~herbalmom

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Re: A CURE FOR SIDS???
« Reply #104 on: June 30, 2009, 07:05:27 PM » by hi_itsgwen

But I thought I had read on this thread that the older mattresses were worse offenders, as the foams were beginning to break down with age...wouldn't that factor in as well?

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