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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Main Author: Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida
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Language:English
Published: The Malaysian Medical Gazette Editorial Board, Ministry Of Health Malaysia 2018
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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 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/
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RJ245 Pediatric Nursing
Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida
Breath holding spells: Should I be worried?
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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author Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida
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title Breath holding spells: Should I be worried?
title_short 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_sort breath holding spells: should i be worried?
publisher The Malaysian Medical Gazette Editorial Board, Ministry Of Health Malaysia
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/63836/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/63836/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/63836/1/breast%20holding.pdf
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