Module 31: Challenges during Infancy and Toddlerhood Flashcards

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Nonorganic Failure to Thrive

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slowed or arrested physical growth with no known medical cause, accompanied by poor developmental and emotional functioning

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Shaken Baby Syndrome

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baby has a weak neck muscles, and a large, heavy head, shaking makes the brain bounce back and forth inside the skull

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Respiratory Distress Syndrome

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One condition commonly faced by preterm babies is Respiratory Distress Syndrome – wherein there is a lack of surfactant (lung-coating substance) that keeps air sacs from collapsing

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Postmature Babies

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tend to be long and this because they have kept growing in the womb but have had an
insufficient blood supply toward the end of gestation

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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

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crib death; sudden death of an infant under age 1 which cause of death remains unexplained

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