Effects, Prevention, Causes, Treatment of Infant Noisy Breathing

Jul 9
07:11

2010

Artour Rakhimov

Artour Rakhimov

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It is absolutely normal that babies and infants breathe much faster than adults at rest. The normal breathing rate in infants (official medical norm) is up to 2-4 times higher than in adults. The problem, however, starts when there is a negative biochemical effects of over-breathing in child's health and well-being. When adults breathe more than the physiological standard, they lose too much CO2 from body cells.

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It is absolutely normal that babies and infants breathe much faster than adults at rest. The normal breathing rate in infants (official medical norm) is up to 2-4 times higher than in adults. The problem,Effects, Prevention, Causes, Treatment of Infant Noisy Breathing Articles however, starts when there is a negative biochemical effects of over-breathing in child's health and well-being. When adults breathe more than the physiological standard, they lose too much CO2 from body cells.

Similarly, noisy breathing in infants is clearly a indicator of hypocapnia (CO2 deficiency). This chemical is involved in hundreds of body biochemical processes and reactions, including: dilation of blood vessels, stability of the nerves, dilation of airways, control of respiration, release of oxygen in tissues (Bohr effect), repair of lungs, relaxation of muscles, normal immune function and many other essential effects. (There are large numbers of naïve and ignorant individuals who suppose that CO2 is a waste gas and large involuntary breathing (hyperventilation) increases oxygen content in the body. Hundreds of scientific studies have found that hyperventilation LOWERS oxygen content in tissues. The less somebody breathes, the more oxygen their tissues acquire. This is true for infants as well.

Tens of scientific papers have also demonstrated various damaging effects of hypocapnia (CO2 deficiency) on health of infants. It is a shame of the contemporary medical community that this problem is inadequately understood and explained in relation to the role of normal breathing rates and carbon dioxide effects.

Key causes of noisy breathing and poor health in babies are: over-heating (too much clothing), lack of tight swaddling, over-feeding, mouth breathing.

Consider how to employ these thoughts in practice. How could care-takers change environment to satisfy needs of the growing child?

Use of a dummy or soother
In any moment of time, mouth breathing in a child is to be speedily dealt with a pacifier or dummy.

Thermoregulation
Any parent ought to keep in mind that normal child’s metabolism is about two-three times higher than that in adults. Consequently, the children are well adjusted to survival in cooler conditions and need less clothing. This is possible due to large quantity of brown fat cells infants and babies have. Babies can give off up to roughly 80 % of their heat through their head, only if it is not covered. Thus, in warm conditions, it is necessary to keep the head of a baby uncovered. (Keep the child cool!)

How to ensure that heat exchange of a child is adequate
Hold their both arms and feet for a few seconds. They should be warm. If not, the baby is facing a threat of being overcooled. This situation is very uncommon since vast majority of current adults overheat their infants.

Swaddling
After decades of insane condemnation (1980s-1990), this millennial cultural tradition is again endorsed by medical officials. This was possible due to several positive reviews appeared during this decade. Swaddling, in order to be useful, is to be very tight, but without excessive heating of the baby.

In hot countries, they use sticks and ropes to ensure proper heat exchange and swaddling at the same time. In Russia, it was normal to cover the cradle of an infant with a blanket leaving a hole (only 2-3 cm in size) for gas exhange. This provides swaddled children with even higher CO2 content for the body. There were practices of keeping swaddled children in drawers since they sleep there better and longer, with less crying and awakening.

Additional method
Russian Dr. Igor Charkovsky originated a method that comprises repetitive diving of an infant in a swimming pool or bathtub, teaching babies to swim and showering. It is essential to steadily increase the total time spent by a child diving so that to reduce their normal breathing rates.

At last, any parent should know that children, infants, toddlers, newborn, all pick up bad habits of caretakers, including rapid breathing or hyperventilation, anxiety states, mouth breathing, negative emotions and many other risk factors.