I have seen an 8-year-old child with clumsy hands and feet. He can\’t even tie his shoelaces well. His homework is crooked. He can even write the answer on the test paper in the blank space for the next question, but the result is always bad. OK The parents were worried about this, and finally took their children to see it after being reminded by others. Turns out it was another sensory integration disorder. The child was later found to have been delivered by caesarean section.
Pediatric experts told reporters, \”The medical community currently believes that children born by caesarean section often lack some necessary sensory stimulation because the birth canal is not squeezed, which can easily lead to emotional sensitivity, inattention, clumsy hands and feet, and even poor sensory integration rate. The disorder rate is higher than that of ordinary children.”
Therefore, experts recommend that pregnant mothers should try to give birth as naturally as possible if they can. Babies born by caesarean section not only have the above problems, but also have the following hidden dangers.
Hidden danger 1: Low immunity of baby boys born by caesarean section. According to the \”Health Times\” report, the immunity of baby boys after caesarean section is more likely to decline than that of baby girls.
Does caesarean section really have different effects on babies of different genders?
Obstetricians collected venous blood from 63 newborn girls and 69 boys and compared the immunoglobulins.
There were 68 cases of natural delivery and 64 cases of cesarean section. Research shows that there is little difference in the immunity of male and female babies born naturally; compared with natural delivery, newborns born by caesarean section have relatively poor immunity and anti-infection ability, and this phenomenon is more prominent in male babies.
Experts explained that the gene that controls the synthesis of immunoglobulins (mainly used to improve human immunity) is located on the human X chromosome. Women have one more chromosome than men, so baby girls have stronger immunity than baby boys.
Hidden danger 2: Babies born by caesarean section are prone to ADHD. According to an ADHD expert at a hospital in Nanjing, about 12 of the 17 children admitted to the hospital every day had severe cesarean sections, which is consistent with the research results of relevant data. consistent.
According to expert analysis, caesarean section is caused by changes in the birth canal. Changes in the \”environment\” when a child comes into this world, as well as sensory damage such as nerve contact caused by the normal birth canal process, make children prone to neuropsychiatric diseases such as ADHD as they grow. Experts remind people not to blindly choose caesarean section, but also to treat children with ADHD correctly, pay close attention to treatment, and understand \”circulation habits\”. ADHD symptoms can generally be changed.
Hidden danger three: caesarean section babies are susceptible to respiratory diseases. As mentioned above, caesarean section babies are not squeezed and stimulated by the birth canal, and their immune system and lung development will be affected to a certain extent. They are more likely to suffer from acquired respiratory diseases, such as childhood pneumonia, Asthma and other diseases. According to a British statistic, children born by caesarean section are 80% more likely to suffer from asthma than children born normally.
Hidden danger four: Children born by caesarean section have poor coordination. Many people believe that children born by caesarean section are better than children born vaginally.clever. The reason is that children born through surgery will not be squeezed and will not suffer cerebral ischemia or injury. This is actually a misunderstanding.
In addition, the fetal head can squeeze out the amniotic fluid and mucus accumulated in the fetal lungs, nose, and mouth through uterine contraction and pelvic floor resistance, which is beneficial to preventing the occurrence of aspiration encephalitis. These are beyond the reach of a caesarean section. There is data to prove that there is no difference in intelligence between children born by caesarean section and those born vaginally, but the adaptability of children born by caesarean section is worse than that of children born vaginally.
Hidden danger 5: Caesarean section increases the number of babies with “wet lung syndrome”. The number of newborns admitted to intensive care units with wet lung syndrome has doubled in the past five years. The study results show that more than 70% of the patients were born by caesarean section, and babies whose mothers did not have a caesarean section after labor or who were born prematurely were at a higher risk of developing severe wet lung disease, which may even lead to death.
Even if she decides to have a caesarean section, Lan Zhangxiang still recommends having the surgery after thirty-nine weeks of pregnancy. She pointed out that although most babies over 35 weeks have mature lungs, a caesarean section at 37 weeks is still too early. When the baby requires a caesarean section before full term (i.e. less than 37 weeks of gestation), the mother can consider injecting steroids, which will not affect the baby and reduce the risk of the baby suffering from wet lung disease, but the mother needs to pay the balance of the drug risk. In addition, foreign studies have shown that babies who have suffered from severe wet lung disease are more likely to suffer from long-term respiratory diseases such as asthma in the future.
Hidden danger six: Effects of anesthesia on the fetus. Almost all anesthetic analgesics have an inhibitory effect on the central system and are more likely to enter the fetus through the placental barrier. An important function of the placenta is to act as the fetal lungs for gas exchange.
Anesthetics have two effects on the fetus, namely directly inhibiting the fetal respiratory and circulatory center, or indirectly affecting the fetus by inhibiting the maternal respiratory and circulatory center. An overdose of anesthetic or hypoxemia caused by the mother\’s respiratory depression during the operation will affect the baby\’s oxygen supply and the discharge of metabolic waste, directly threatening the baby\’s life safety. Therefore, when choosing anesthesia for cesarean section, doctors must carefully consider the type, dosage, timing and method of medication to prevent direct or indirect adverse effects on the fetus.