Breath holding spells: Should I be worried?
Adam, aged 2, was playing with his new ball. He suddenly tripped while playing and bumped his head on the ground. He got up and started to cry out loud in pain. His mother quickly came and tried to console him. Out of the sudden, he stopped breathing, his face turned blue for a couple of seconds and...
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The Malaysian Medical Gazette Editorial Board, Ministry Of Health Malaysia
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| author | Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida |
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| description | Adam, aged 2, was playing with his new ball. He suddenly tripped while playing and bumped his head on the ground. He got up and started to cry out loud in pain. His mother quickly came and tried to console him. Out of the sudden, he stopped breathing, his face turned blue for a couple of seconds and he passed out. About 1 minute later, his face turned pink and he was breathing again.
What is wrong with Adam? Has it happened to your child before? What Adam is having is called a ‘Breath holding spell’. |
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| spelling | iium-638362018-06-05T08:30:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63836/ Breath holding spells: Should I be worried? Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida R Medicine (General) RJ Pediatrics RJ245 Nursing of children. Pediatric Nursing Adam, aged 2, was playing with his new ball. He suddenly tripped while playing and bumped his head on the ground. He got up and started to cry out loud in pain. His mother quickly came and tried to console him. Out of the sudden, he stopped breathing, his face turned blue for a couple of seconds and he passed out. About 1 minute later, his face turned pink and he was breathing again. What is wrong with Adam? Has it happened to your child before? What Adam is having is called a ‘Breath holding spell’. The Malaysian Medical Gazette Editorial Board, Ministry Of Health Malaysia 2018-05-01 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63836/1/breast%20holding.pdf Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida (2018) Breath holding spells: Should I be worried? The Malaysian Medical Gazette. http://www.mmgazette.com/breath-holding-spells-should-i-be-worried-dr-nurjasmine-aida-jamani/ |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine (General) RJ Pediatrics RJ245 Nursing of children. Pediatric Nursing Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida Breath holding spells: Should I be worried? |
| title | Breath holding spells: Should I be worried? |
| title_full | Breath holding spells: Should I be worried? |
| title_fullStr | Breath holding spells: Should I be worried? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Breath holding spells: Should I be worried? |
| title_short | Breath holding spells: Should I be worried? |
| title_sort | breath holding spells: should i be worried? |
| topic | R Medicine (General) RJ Pediatrics RJ245 Nursing of children. Pediatric Nursing |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/63836/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63836/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63836/1/breast%20holding.pdf |