Blue baby syndrome
Some babies have a bluish hue when they are born, something abnormal for health.
Some babies have a bluish hue when they are born , something abnormal for health. This is because the little one suffers from the blue baby syndrome, which is caused by various reasons , either by a hereditary heart disease in the family or by external causes (such as poisoning in the mother due to water, drugs or various foods consumed by the mother while carrying the baby ).
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CAUSES OF BLUE BABY SYNDROME
This syndrome can be caused in babies when they arrive in the world for two reasons, either hereditary in the family or due to the ingestion of any liquid, food or drug in the mother or father that can negatively affect the health of the child.
This syndrome in babies is also called methemoglobinemia . When it occurs, regardless of the cause, the baby’s body accumulates hemoglobin (the red blood cells that carry oxygen to the brain) and these lack the enzyme that is responsible for controlling the amount of iron in the red blood cells and how much they distribute. oxygen to the body.
SYMPTOMS: HEADACHE, CONSTANT TIREDNESS, AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Some medications can also develop this disease , so it is best to discuss it with the doctor and always check if we can really take certain drugs during the pregnancy of the child.
As for food and water, unfortunately, there are many fruits and vegetables that are fertilized with nitrates so that they grow more and quickly . This chemical can cause blue baby disease in our little one, so we should not abuse fruit and vegetables while the child is in the mother’s womb or in the first years of his life.
Ask your doctor for advice to make you an ideal children’s diet in order to avoid possible scares and keep your child with the best possible diet so that he grows strong and healthy, since it is better that they give us advice as parents for better health of our children.
SYMPTOMS OF BLUE BABY SYNDROME
If the baby is in the mother’s womb, she will also suffer from these ailments, but if the child has already been born we must be attentive to his behavior to help him suffer as little as possible . The most characteristic thing is having a headache, constant fatigue and difficulty breathing .
IT CAN BE HEREDITARY
The doctor will inform the parents that the child suffers from, professionally called, Cyanosis , which is not exactly a disease, but a health condition of the baby. And treatment will depend on how advanced the syndrome is in the little one. The ailments also vary depending on the degree to which you are suffering at the moment.
In milder cases, simply covering the baby well so that he does not get cold and can breathe easily is enough , but in more serious cases, in which the heart is the most affected, he may have to undergo surgery .
If your baby is born with this syndrome as soon as he is born, the doctors will examine him immediately to determine the best treatment. Some of these children may later develop asthma or other respiratory diseases (usually hereditary in the family) that, unfortunately, we could not avoid, since this is a condition and not a disease that the baby has caught and can be cured of it .
The doctor will be the one who will best guide you on how to care for your baby since it has been diagnosed and will do the Apgar test if necessary in order to determine the level of cyanosis in your child .
The best thing parents can do when dealing with babies with this disease is to learn to live with it . In the event that it is caused by external agents, neither the family, nor the mother nor the father should be blamed for it. We cannot control what chemicals our water or vegetables contain, or whether they should have taken non-recommended medications.
Once the child is born with this syndrome, there is nothing we can do more than show our support and affection as parents and do what is best for him so that he grows up in the best possible way.
Dr. Tabriella Perivolaris, Sara's mother and fan of fashion, beauty, motherhood, among others, about the female universe. Since 2018 she has been working as a copywriter, always bringing to her articles a little of her experience and experience as a mother and woman.