What are the causes and symptoms of hypoxia in children?”
The lack of Oxygen like Carbon Monoxide inhalation causes Hypoxia. Symptoms include Poor judgment or lack of attention. A complete medical entry on the disease was found here: http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/cerebral-hypoxia/overview.html Symptoms Symptoms of mild cerebral hypoxia include: * Change in attention (inattentiveness) * Poor judgment * Uncoordinated movement Symptoms of severe cerebral hypoxia include: * Complete unawareness and unresponsiveness (coma) * No breathing * No response to light If only blood pressure and heart function remain, then the brain may actually be completely dead. Causes There are many causes of cerebral hypoxia. These include, but are not limited to: * Asphyxiation caused by smoke inhalation * Carbon monoxide poisoning * Cardiac arrest (when the heart stops pumping) * Choking * Complications of general anesthesia * Compression of
You can read more about these 10 causes at the site below: 1. Airway Obstruction A blockage in the breathing tubes. The blockage can occur for many different reasons such as tumors, severe allergic reaction, bacterial infections, foreign bodies or trauma. The degree of obstruction will determine how seriously breathing is impaired…. 2. Asthma Repeated attacks of breathing difficulty…. 3. Carbon monoxide poisoning Poisoning from breathing air with too much carbon monoxide, usually from combustion…. 4. Convulsions Involuntary spasms especially those affecting the full body… 5. Cystic Fibrosis A rare genetic disease characterized by the production of thick secretions from the lung lining due to respiratory system damage…. 6. Left heart failure Failure of the left side of the heart… 7. Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome Lung disease mostly in premature newborns; see also adult RDS…. 8. Pneumonia Infection of the lung by bacteria, viruses or fungus…. 9. Respiratory condi
