They Have Identified The Cause Of A Disease DEADLY To Children…

After losing her son tragically to SIDS, a sleep expert dedicated her life to uncovering a world-first breakthrough that could aid in identifying babies who are more susceptible to the condition before it is too late.

Dr. Carmel Harrington possesses a Ph.D in Sleep Medicine from Sydney University in Australia and has devoted her entire career to research surrounding sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) after experiencing it first-hand with her two-year-old son Damien, who passed in 1991.

Now, over 29 years later, Dr. Harrington’s research has revealed a breakthrough that could help to prevent SIDS in the near future.

The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in New South Wales connected with Dr. Harrington to conduct research on the condition, wherein they have been able to successful identify the first biochemical marker that can indicate a child’s vulnerability to SIDS.

Researchers at the SIDS and Sleep Apnoea Research Group at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Australia have published their findings in the upcoming June 2022 edition of The Lancet’s eBioMedicine from a long-range study looking at possible markers for SIDS in newborn babies.

“An apparently healthy baby going to sleep and not waking up is every parent’s nightmare and until now there was absolutely no way of knowing which infant would succumb. But that’s not the case anymore,”Harrington asserted.

Harrington’s research has identified Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) as the biochemical marker that could help solve SIDS.

Sydney Children’s Hospital Network reported:

“The study found BChE levels were significantly lower in babies who subsequently died of SIDS compared to living controls and other infant deaths. BChE plays a major role in the brain’s arousal pathway and researchers believe its deficiency likely indicates an arousal deficit, which reduces an infant’s ability to wake or respond to the external environment, causing vulnerability to SIDS.”

The study published in The Lancet’s eBioMedicine analyzed BChE activity in 722 dried blood spots (DBS) taken at birth as part of the Newborn Screening Program. The study shared:

In recent years, the incidence of SIDS has been more than halved by public health campaigns however, despite this dramatic decline in incidence, SIDS remains the major cause of sudden and unexpected death in infants in western countries, contributing to almost 50% of all post-neonatal deaths.

The Daily Wire provided additional details on this groundbreaking work:

The study explained that widespread current belief of the causes of SIDS rest on three simultaneous factors: “a vulnerable infant, a critical developmental period for homeostatic control and an exogenous stressor,” adding, “Despite intensive research over the past decades, identification of any specific vulnerability has remained elusive.”

Harrington stated, “Babies have a very powerful mechanism to let us know when they are not happy. Usually, if a baby is confronted with a life-threatening situation, such as difficulty breathing during sleep because they are on their tummies, they will arouse and cry out. What this research shows is that some babies don’t have this same robust arousal response.”

“This has long been thought to be the case, but up to now we didn’t know what was causing the lack of arousal,” she commented. “Now that we know that BChE is involved we can begin to change the outcome for these babies and make SIDS a thing of the past.”

“This discovery has opened up the possibility for intervention and finally gives answers to parents who have lost their children so tragically. These families can now live with the knowledge that this was not their fault,” she concluded.

Sources: Dailywire, Sydney Children’s Hospital Network

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