Scientists are saying cot death is caused by a genetic fault in the brain. Can this be cured?
2006-11-01 03:29:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
click here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_infant_death_syndrome
2006-11-01 03:30:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
As the mother of a child who died of S.I.D.S. I hope so. Its a horrible thing to go thru. Scientists have long thought that it was something in the brain. With this latest study it shows they are on the right track to preventing SOME SIDS cases. Not all cases are a result of the abnormal brain stem function. Some are accidental suffocation, some children have underlying conditions, and some kids it seems are just more prone to SIDS. There are studies now that show it may be hereditary. I was a "near miss" SIDS baby. My daughter died of SIDS in 1998, and when my son was born in 2000, he came home on an apnea monitor. He also quit breathing as a baby several times. Science is still a long way off on curing SIDS...but thankfully they are getting closer at it. Nobody should have to go thru the loss of a child.
2006-11-01 03:48:28 · answer #2 · answered by SKITTLES 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can't be cured at the moment - but hopefully there will soon be a test for susceptibility, then those children can be more intensively monitored.
Eventually, gene therapy might be able to cure it completely - but not for many years. Science so often gets a bad press, but surely noone can deny that preventing this dreadful curse would be a wonderful advance.
And of course the test may also be able in future to distinguish between genuine cot death and infanticide. Here's hoping.
2006-11-01 03:36:59 · answer #3 · answered by gvih2g2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I have learned in my child development class it says that SIDS (sudden infant death snydrome) can not be cured. There are things that can be done that have helped dramatically decline the rate of SIDS. Baby on the their backs is the big campaign that has been introduced. It says that you should put your baby on their back with only about 15 min a day on their stomach. They need the necessary 15 min to work on their physical development of their neck and upper body.
2006-11-01 03:34:09 · answer #4 · answered by xogoofieangelxo 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have seen the news lately, there is supposed to be a new treatment to prevent it, But once you have cot death you are dead so there is no cure
2006-11-01 03:32:27 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was some news on TV where they have found SIDS babies have almost no serotonin in the brain as compared to non SIDS babies.
Now that they know what to look for, I'm sure they will start looking for the answers.
2006-11-01 04:05:54 · answer #6 · answered by gemma 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have just found differences between SIDS baby's brains and normal baby's brains. It has to do with the serotonin system. One would hope that a diagnostic test could be developed for at risk babies.
2006-11-01 03:34:30 · answer #7 · answered by Jabberwock 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I hope so. Many years ago, neighbours of mine suffered the terrible pain of losing their child to cot death. I have never forgotten it and never will.
2006-11-01 03:40:57 · answer #8 · answered by Somer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are saying it could be genetic and this means there could be preventative treatment for it in the future.
2006-11-01 03:34:49 · answer #9 · answered by ALEX K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hopefully in the future it will
2006-11-01 05:35:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋