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ʻO ka Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), ʻo ia ka make koke ʻana o ka pēpē olakino me ke kumu ʻike ʻole ʻia i ka wā moe, maʻamau loa i nā pēpē ma lalo o hoʻokahi makahiki. Hiki mai kēia kūlana kaumaha me ka ʻole o ka hōʻailona mua a ʻaʻole hiki ke wehewehe ʻia ʻoiai ma hope o ka noiʻi piha, me ka autopsy a me ka nānā ʻana i ka wahi o ka make.
Ua ʻike ʻia hoʻi ka SIDS ma ke ʻano he "crib death" no ka mea pinepine ia i ka wā e moe ai nā pēpē i loko o kā lākou mau moena. ʻOiai ʻo kēia kūlana ka makaʻu nui loa o kēlā me kēia mākua, hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo e pili ana i ka SIDS ke kōkua iā ʻoe e lawe i nā ʻanuʻu e hoʻemi ai i ka pilikia a ʻoi aku ka hilinaʻi i ka mālama ʻana i kāu pēpē.
ʻO ka SIDS, ʻo ia ka make koke ʻana, me ke kumu ʻike ʻole ʻia, o kahi pēpē olakino ma lalo o 12 mau mahina. Hiki mai ka make i ka wā moe a noho mau me ke kumu ʻike ʻole ʻia ʻoiai ma hope o ka noiʻi piha e nā kauka a me ka poʻe hoʻokō kānāwai.
No ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o ka make ma ke ʻano he SIDS, pono e hoʻokō ʻia ʻekolu mau kūlana. Pono ka pēpē ma lalo o hoʻokahi makahiki, pono ka make koke a manaʻo ʻole ʻia, a ʻaʻohe kumu i loaʻa ʻoiai ma hope o ka autopsy piha, ka noiʻi ʻana i ka wahi o ka make, a me ka nānā ʻana i ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau.
ʻO ka SIDS he ʻāpana o kahi māhele ākea i kapa ʻia ʻo Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID), kahi e komo ai nā make pēpē koke a pau. Eia naʻe, pili wale ka SIDS i nā hihia kahi ʻaʻohe wehewehe i loaʻa ma hope o ka noiʻi piha.
ʻAʻohe hōʻailona mua a hōʻailona paha o ka SIDS e hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā. ʻIke ʻia nā pēpē e make ana mai ka SIDS he olakino a ʻaʻohe hōʻailona o ka pilikia ma mua o ka make.
ʻO kēia ka mea e hoʻopilikia ai ka SIDS i nā ʻohana. ʻAʻohe hōʻailona e like me ka wela, ka uē, a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka hanu e hiki ke hoʻomaopopo i nā mākua i kahi hewa. ʻAʻole ala mai ka pēpē mai ka moe.
Hopohopo kekahi mau mākua e pili ana i nā hana maʻamau o nā pēpē e like me ka hanu manawa (mau hoʻomaha pōkole i ka hanu i ka wā moe) a i ʻole ka hoʻohoka i ka wā moe. He mea maʻamau kēia mau mea a ʻaʻole pili i ka pilikia o ka SIDS.
Ke noho nei ka kumu pololei o ka SIDS i ʻike ʻole ʻia, akā manaʻo nā mea noiʻi ua hopena ia mai ka hui ʻana o nā mea e hoʻopilikia ana i kahi pēpē nāwaliwali. ʻO kēia mau mea e hana pū ana paha e hoʻopilikia i ka hanu ʻana o ka pēpē, ka helu naʻau, a i ʻole ka ala ʻana mai ka moe.
He mau manaʻo nā ʻepekema e pili ana i nā mea e hiki ke hoʻokomo i ka SIDS. Eia nā mea nui e noiʻi ana nā mea noiʻi:
Ke kuhikuhi nei ka "triple-risk model" ua hiki mai ka SIDS i ka wā e hui pū ai ʻekolu mau kūlana. Loaʻa i kahi pēpē nāwaliwali kahi mea hoʻoikaika mai waho i ka wā koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻomohala ʻana, maʻamau ma waena o 2-6 mau mahina i ka wā e ulu ana nā ʻōnaehana kaohi hanu.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu kauka pediatrics inā kū ka hanu ʻana o kāu pēpē, lilo i uliuli, a i ʻole lilo i palupalu i ka wā moe. ʻOiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau hanana i ka SIDS, pono lākou i ka mālama lapaʻau koke.
Kāhea i ka 911 koke inā ʻike ʻoe i kāu pēpē pane ʻole, ʻaʻole hanu, a i ʻole inā uliuli a hina paha ko lākou ʻili. ʻOiai inā ua holomua ʻoe i ka hoʻōla ʻana i kāu pēpē, pono lākou i ka loiloi lapaʻau pilikia.
Hoʻonohonoho i kahi hālāwai maʻamau me kāu kauka e kūkākūkā i ka pale ʻana i ka SIDS inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka palekana moe o kāu pēpē. Hiki i kāu kauka pediatrics ke nānā i nā hana moe palekana a pane i nā hopohopo kikoʻī āu e loaʻa ai e pili ana i ka pilikia o kāu pēpē.
ʻOiai hiki i ka SIDS ke hiki i kekahi pēpē, hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau mea pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e lawe i nā ʻanuʻu e hana i kahi wahi moe palekana loa no kāu pēpē.
Eia nā mea pilikia nui a nā mea noiʻi i ʻike ai:
ʻAʻole ʻo ia hoʻi ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikia e loaʻa i kāu pēpē ka SIDS. Nui nā pēpē me nā mea pilikia he nui e noho olakino loa, ʻoiai hiki ke loaʻa ka SIDS i nā pēpē me ka ʻole o nā mea pilikia i ʻike ʻia.
ʻAʻohe pilikia o ka SIDS ponoʻī no ka mea ua hopena ia i ka make. Eia naʻe, hiki ke hohonu a lōʻihi hoʻi ka hopena i nā ʻohana a me nā kaiāulu.
Pinepine nā ʻohana i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka SIDS i ka kaumaha nui, ka hewa, a me ka trauma. Hiki i nā mākua ke hoʻohewa iā lākou iho a i ʻole ke paio me ka kaumaha a me ka hopohopo. Pono pū ke kōkua i nā kaikuaʻana a me nā ʻohana ākea e hoʻoponopono i ko lākou pohō.
Hopohopo kekahi mau ʻohana nui e pili ana i nā keiki ma hope, e alakaʻi ana i nā hana pale nui a i ʻole nā maʻi hopohopo. Hiki i ka ʻōlelo aʻo ʻoihana a me nā hui kākoʻo ke kōkua i nā ʻohana e hoʻokele i kēia mau pilikia a loaʻa nā ala olakino e hoʻoponopono ai i ko lākou pohō.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale loa i ka SIDS, hiki i ka hahai ʻana i nā kuhikuhi moe palekana ke hoʻemi nui i ka pilikia o kāu pēpē. Ua kōkua ka papahana "Back to Sleep," i kapa ʻia i kēia manawa he "Safe to Sleep," i ka hoʻemi ʻana i nā make SIDS ma mua o 50% mai nā makahiki 1990.
Eia nā ʻanuʻu nui loa āu e hiki ai ke lawe e hoʻemi i ka pilikia o ka SIDS:
Hana pū kēia mau ʻanuʻu e hana i kahi wahi moe palekana loa no kāu pēpē. ʻOiai nā loli liʻiliʻi, e like me ka wehe ʻana i kahi lole mai ka moena, hiki ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka pilikia.
Hoʻomaopopo ʻia ka SIDS ma o kahi kaʻina hana hoʻopau ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o nā kumu ʻē aʻe o ka make. Hoʻokomo kēia i kahi noiʻi piha e komo pū ana i nā ʻāpana lapaʻau, kānāwai, a me ka forensic.
Hoʻomaka ka kaʻina hana hōʻoia me ka autopsy piha i hana ʻia e kahi pathologist kūpono. Nānā ka autopsy i nā ʻōnaehana a pau o ke kino e nānā i nā hemahema a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi e hiki ke wehewehe i ka make.
Hana pū nā mea noiʻi i kahi nānā kikoʻī i ka wahi o ka make. Ua hoʻopaʻa lākou i kahi moe o ka pēpē, ke kūlana, a me nā mea āpau e hiki ke hoʻokomo i ka make. Kōkua kēia e hoʻokaʻawale i ka SIDS mai ka suffocation pōʻino a i ʻole nā make ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka moe.
Nānā nā limahana lapaʻau i ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau piha o ka pēpē a me nā kūlana e pili ana i ka make. Wale nō i ka wā ʻaʻohe kumu i ʻike ʻia ma hope o kēia noiʻi piha ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka make ma ke ʻano he SIDS.
ʻAʻohe lapaʻau no ka SIDS no ka mea ua hopena ia i ka make. Eia naʻe, inā ʻike ʻoe i kāu pēpē pane ʻole, he mea nui ka CPR koke a me ka mālama lapaʻau pilikia.
Inā holomua nā mea pane pilikia i ka hoʻōla ʻana i kahi pēpē i kū ka hanu ʻana, e loaʻa i ka pēpē ka mālama lapaʻau nui. E holo nā kauka i nā hoʻokolohua nui e hoʻoholo i ka mea i hoʻomaka i ka hanu ʻana a hāʻawi i ka lapaʻau kūpono.
No nā ʻohana i nalowale i kahi pēpē i ka SIDS, pili ka lapaʻau i ka ʻōlelo aʻo kaumaha a me ke kākoʻo manaʻo. Nui nā haukapila a me nā kaiāulu e hāʻawi ana i nā papahana kaumaha kūikawā no nā ʻohana i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka make pēpē.
Inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i ka pilikia o ka SIDS, e kau i ka hana ʻana i kahi wahi moe palekana loa no kāu pēpē. Hāʻawi kēia iā ʻoe i nā hana kūikawā āu e hiki ke lawe i ka wā e hoʻokele ai i kou hopohopo e pili ana i kēia kūlana maʻamau ʻole.
E noʻonoʻo e hoʻohana i kahi monitor pēpē no ka maluhia o ka manaʻo, akā e hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole hiki i nā monitors ke pale aku i ka SIDS. E koho i nā mea hana e nānā i ka neʻe a i ʻole ka hanu inā kōkua lākou iā ʻoe e ʻike ʻoi aku ka palekana, akā mai hilinaʻi iā lākou ma ke ʻano he mau mea palekana.
E mālama i kou olakino noʻonoʻo ma o ke kamaʻilio ʻana me nā mākua ʻē aʻe, ke komo ʻana i nā hui kākoʻo, a i ʻole ke kamaʻilio ʻana me kahi kākāʻōlelo inā ke hoʻopilikia nei kou mau makaʻu e pili ana i ka SIDS i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā a i ʻole ke pilina me kāu pēpē.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e kākau i nā nīnau kikoʻī a i ʻole nā hopohopo āu e loaʻa ai e pili ana i ka SIDS a me ka palekana moe o kāu pēpē. Kōkua kēia e hōʻoia e pane ʻoe i kāu mau hopohopo āpau i ka wā kipa.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o nā hana moe o kāu pēpē, me kahi e moe ai lākou, ke kūlana āu e waiho ai iā lākou, a me nā mea i loko o ko lākou wahi moe. Hiki i kāu kauka ke nānā i kēia mau hana a manaʻo i nā loli e pono ai.
E mākaukau e kūkākūkā i kāu mōʻaukala ʻohana, me nā make pēpē ma mua a i ʻole nā hanana hopohopo me kāu pēpē i kēia manawa. Kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e loiloi i nā mea pilikia o kāu pēpē a hāʻawi i nā kuhikuhi pilikino.
He kūlana maʻamau ʻole akā koʻikoʻi ka SIDS e hoʻopilikia ana i nā pēpē olakino i ka wā moe. ʻOiai ke noho nei ka kumu pololei i ʻike ʻole ʻia, hiki i ka hahai ʻana i nā hana moe palekana ke hoʻemi nui i ka pilikia o kāu pēpē.
ʻO ka mea nui loa āu e hiki ai ke hana, ʻo ia ka waiho mau ʻana i kāu pēpē ma ko lākou kua e moe ai i kahi wahi palekana. Ua hoʻopakele kēia ʻanuʻu maʻalahi, me nā hana pale ʻē aʻe, i nā tausani o nā ola mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā papahana moe palekana.
E hoʻomanaʻo he mea maʻamau ʻole ka SIDS, e hoʻopilikia ana i kahi 1 i 1,000 mau pēpē. Nui nā pēpē e hahai ana i nā kuhikuhi moe palekana e noho olakino a palekana. E kau i ka manaʻo i nā ʻanuʻu āu e hiki ke kaohi i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ke kākoʻo inā ke hoʻopilikia nei ka hopohopo e pili ana i ka SIDS i ka leʻaleʻa i kou manawa me kāu pēpē.
Hiki i ka SIDS ke hiki i kēlā me kēia manawa moe, inā i ka wā moe awakea a i ka moe pō paha. Aia ka pilikia i kēlā me kēia manawa e moe ana kāu pēpē, ʻo ia ke kumu e pono ai ke hahai i nā hana moe palekana no nā manawa moe a pau, ʻaʻole wale i ka pō.
ʻAʻole i hōʻoia ʻia nā monitor pēpē, me nā mea e nānā ana i ka hanu a i ʻole ka neʻe, e pale aku i ka SIDS. ʻOiai hiki i kēia mau mea hana ke hāʻawi i ka maluhia o ka manaʻo no nā mākua, ʻaʻole pono lākou e pani i nā hana moe palekana. ʻAʻole paipai ka American Academy of Pediatrics i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia mau monitors ma ke ʻano he mau mea pale SIDS.
Hoʻonui maoli ka moe pū ʻana i ka pilikia o ka make pēpē e pili ana i ka moe, me ka SIDS. ʻO ke ala palekana loa, ʻo ia ka kaʻana like ʻana i ka lumi me ka ʻole o ka moe pū ʻana, kahi e moe ai kāu pēpē i loko o kāu lumi akā i loko o ko lākou wahi moe kaʻawale, e like me kahi bassinet a i ʻole ka moena kokoke i kāu moe.
Ke hiki i kāu pēpē ke huli mai ke kua a i ka ʻōpū a mai ka ʻōpū a i ke kua ma luna o lākou iho (maʻamau ma kahi o 4-6 mau mahina), ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻoneʻe iā lākou i ka wā moe. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka waiho ʻana iā lākou ma ko lākou kua i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēlā me kēia manawa moe. E hōʻoia mau i ko lākou wahi moe me ka ʻole o nā lole palalulu a me nā pilikia ʻē aʻe.
Hiki mai ka SIDS me ka ʻole o nā hōʻailona mua a i ʻole nā hōʻailona. ʻIke ʻia nā pēpē e make ana mai ka SIDS he olakino loa ma mua. ʻOiai hiki i kekahi mau mea pilikia ke hoʻonui i ka hiki ke loaʻa ka SIDS, ʻaʻole ʻo ia hoʻi ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau mea pilikia e loaʻa ka SIDS, a nui nā pēpē me ka ʻole o nā mea pilikia e noho palekana loa. E kau i ka manaʻo i ka pale ʻana ma o nā hana moe palekana ma mua o ka ʻimi ʻana i nā hōʻailona mua.
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