Show rr r 1 r 0 4 i If 1 r r I J i F L a r f fL fa a L LL I IN ITS WAKE Sudden Infant Death Syndrome leaves grim reminders for parents to bear as demonstrated in this simulated crib scene with a young couple Crib death remains mystery parents invited to workshop It will claim the lives of one to three infants a year in n Uintah County in Utah from 40 to 60 CO It kills one out of every live births the incidence peaking at two to four months It is the cause of from to infant deaths nationwide annually And modern modem medic medicine ne has yet to provide the answers why Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is a term that connotes the nebulosity of the disease itself They mysterious is more commonly known as Crib death or Cot death Both are misnomers Workshop Were We're trying to get away from the name crib death It U sounds like its it's attributed to strangulation or getting and and its it's not On Thursday July 21 Utah's Sudden Infant Death Core Team will conduct a workshop that will try to answer questions about how to eradicate the stigma and misconceptions that parents of victimized infants inevitably have after a episode The seminar will be held at atthe atthe atthe the Uintah County Court Room from 9 am a.m. to pm p.m. It will willbe willbe willbe be presented for people directly affected by its impact Public health nurses emergency medical teams hospi hospital tal emergency personnel hospital nurses police morticians religious groups and parents It also affects grandparents siblings neighbors neigh bors and friends Those interested interested in in- in attending the workshop can call the Health Office 1264 After completion completion com of the workshop hopefully the participants will willbe willbe willbe be able to grasp and relate the pertinent facts about a general understanding of normal grief reactions and the grief process and be able to recognize how the state program operates Ou Own n Concept And relate a beginning awareness of their own concept about death In addition public health nurses will learn how to appropriately interview and counsel families who have experienced and understand understand understand un un- their role in lending emotional support to those who inevitably require it Two movies will be he shown After our Baby aby Dies and A Call for Help But ut the mystery about the disease itself will remain There are no symptoms symptoms symptoms toms no cures It t has been recognized as far back as biblical times Air Pal Passage Sage It t isas frequent now as it was in the and centuries which discounts the thought that modern day realities such as birth control pills pigs fluoridated water supplies air pollution and smoking cause the death Years ago an enlarged thymus gland was believed to obstruct an infants infant's air passage but this has been disproved There are a lot of theories proposed but none of them hold water Another myth about is that it is a result ot of an allergy to cows cow's milk nut Hut recent antibody studies on cases fail to support this theory Many babies have been entirely breast fed Other misconceptions which create for lor parents unfounded feelings of guilt include deaths occur due to bacterial infection radiation fall out use of modern machines and drugs whiplash whiplash- even adding bleach to the diaper wash Conclusions ons from froma troma a conference on two years ago sponsored by the Utah Health Science Center were as follows C Greater reater Risk lUsk This tragic event probably has since antiquity and the incidence in other countries is similar to ours There is a slightly greater risk greater risk for black low birth hirth weight or low socioeconomic infants It does docs not cluster duster in families It should he be made clear that any infant is potentially susceptible u to Regardless of sex age creed or color |