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What is SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME?
Most of the time, Shaken Baby Syndrome occurs
when adults, frustrated and angry with children, shake them
violently. If you are a parent, or ever care for a baby, it
is important to know the dangers of shaking. You also need
to tell everyone who cares for your baby, that it is NEVER
okay to shake the baby.
Why Is Shaking a Baby A Danger?
- A babies neck is too weak to support their
heavy head. Consequently, when shaken, their head flops
back and forth, causing serious brain injury.
- A baby's brain and the blood vessels connecting
the skull to the brain are fragile and immature.
Therefore, when a baby is shaken, the brain
ricochets about their skull, causing the blood vessels to
tear away and blood to pool inside their skull causing irreparable
damage to the brain.
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Shaken Baby Syndrome is:
- A
serious brain injury.
- Occurs
when a baby is violently shaken.
- Occurs
when a baby is slammed against a hard object.
- Shaking
usually is done out of anger or frustration.
- Shaking
must be of such force that an independent observer
would recognize the act as dangerous.
Shaken Baby Syndrome mostly
occurs when a child receives numerous rapid shakes;
head impact is not necessary, but does frequently
occur.
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