[i-v-y] Vitamin C & SIDS

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Vitamin C & SIDS

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SIDS may be a Complication of Acute Infantile Scurvy

Some History

Scurvy has been known for centuries. Dr. Lind, a ish physician

working in the British Naval Service in 1747, conducted his now-famous

experiments that showed citrus fruits to be a cure for scurvy. In 1753 he

wrote A Treatise on Scurvy. Here is a quote from him from 1757 concerning

scorbutic (suffering from a vitamin C deficiency) patients:

" Persons that appear to be but slightly scorbutic are apt to be suddenly

and unexpectedly seized with some of its worst symptoms. Their dropping

down dead upon an exertion of their strength or change of air is not easily

foretold. "

Doesn't this sound chillingly like SIDS?

The Ascorbate Historical Reference Page contains a reprint of an article,

SUDDEN DEATH IN INFANTS WITH SCURVY by H. Follis, Jr., M.D. from

the Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics, the s Hopkins Medical

School dated 1942. It discusses there cases of infant death that came

" suddenly " . This article also points to the link between vitamin C

deficiency and Sudden Infant Death.

Dr. Archie Kalokerinos wrote a book, Every Second Child, that describes his

work in Australia with Vitamin C and SIDS. He treated Aboriginal women and

their babies, a very high-risk group for SIDS.

The results of his work showed that not a single baby under his care died

of SIDS! He feels that SIDS is a reaction to what he calls acute infantile

scurvy. If you are an expectant mother, or plan to be one, it is vital

that you supplement your diet with adequate Vitamin C.

Dr. Frederick Klenner of North Carolina had mother's take 5-15 grams per

day of vitamin C during both pregnancy and the nursing period. None of the

babies in his care ever died of SIDS (see his explanation below). Please

see Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine article The Answer to Crib Death for

more on both these doctors work.

Your baby's dependence obviously continues during the nursing period. If

you plan to use a commercial formula, I strongly recommend that you mix

Vitamin C powder in the formula to increase your babies Vitamin C intake.

To figure out how to do this, you might shoot for a Vitamin C level of

around 50mg/bottle. If your baby drinks ten bottles a day, that would work

out to 500mg/day, which would be fine. You will need to be sensitive to

how much your baby can tolerate.

As an example, if you buy canisters of powder, figure out how many

" bottles " are in a canister. Multiply this number by 50. This will tell

you how much C to add to the canister. Since vitamin C powder contains

about 5000mg per teaspoon, divide your last figure by 5000 and this is the

number of measuring teaspoons of C to mix into your dry formula.

I know you must be asking how the link between SIDS and vitamin C could be

possible when the SIDS groups never talk about this possibility. Please

visit Falconi's page S.I.D.S for his interesting experience in this

matter. Also, please visit Dr. Kalokerinosí discussion of the SIDS

situation at WHY A SATISFACTORY SOLUTION TO THE SIDS HAS NOT BEEN FOUND.

New Study Finds Possible Heart Problem Link

Reports in the news recently (June, 1998) link at least some SIDS cases to

a heart problem. The problem is in the heartís electrical system, which

tells the heart how and when to beat. The researchers have found a problem

that may occur and possibly cause the deaths of 50% of SIDS cases. This is

a very important finding that may help drop the incidence of SIDS. The

plan is to identify, with ultrasound, those newborns that exhibit the

heartbeat indicating this problem and medicating them until they grow out

of it.

The Vitamin C deficiency link to SIDS discussed above is not inconsistent

with this new finding. On the Heart Failure page I discuss the nutrients

that have a major affect on a healthy heart, among them vitamin C. It is

entirely possible that adequate nutrition could lessen the effects of this

heart problem to the extent that it is less often, or even rarely, fatal.

All new parents can make sure their babies are getting adequate levels of

important nutrients, levels that may be lacking in " formula " . This would

be especially important for babies diagnosed with this potentially fatal

problem and those that arenít too. The best thing about nutritional

therapy is that it does not need to be chosen instead of any medical

approach. It is a necessary component of health.

Medical Profession Still Baffled

An article published April 23, 2001 at Healthcentral.com entitled " Cause of

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome remains elusive " states:

" Despite decades of research, scientists remain confounded. Sudden Infant

Death Syndrome steals more small lives each year than cancer, pneumonia,

heart disease and AIDS combined. "

This points out to me that maybe supplementing with vitamin C, which will

only do good things, should be promoted by the convential medical community

even without all the desired studies.

Pregnancy and Newborns

We all need a lot of vitamin C for optimum health. The more stress our

bodies are exposed to, the more C is used to maintain equilibrium (see

Homeostasis, under What C Does). Pregnancy is undoubtedly a considerable

stress, even the RDA recognizes this. In addition to the added stress on

the mother, let us not forget that a pregnant woman is indeed eating for

two. After birth, breast-feeding infants are totally dependant on their

mother's diet for their own nutrition. I recommend people that feed their

infants a bottle that even then their diets should be supplemented with

vitamin C, more than is in " formula " (see the SIDS page).

Women taking large-dose vitamin C supplementation during pregnancy will

have fewer complications, easier child-birth, fewer, smaller stretch marks

and, most important healthier babies. Babies getting vitamin C

supplementation will have fewer, less serious illnesses, will be much less

likely to have colic and may be less likely to fall victim of Sudden Infant

Death Syndrome.

Primary and lasting benefits in pregnancy. (reprinted from Dr. Klenners'

paper on his clinical experiences)

Observations made on over 300 consecutive obstetrical cases using

supplemental ascorbic acid, by mouth, convinced me that failure to use this

agent in sufficient amounts in pregnancy borders on malpractice. The lowest

amount of ascorbic acid used was 4 grams and the highest amount 15 grams

each day. (Remember the rat-no stress manufactures equivalent " C " up to 4

grams and with stress up to 15.2 grams). Requirements were roughly 4 grams

first trimester, 6 grams second trimester and 10 grams third trimester.

Approximately 20 percent required 15 grams, each day, during last

trimester. Eighty percent of this series received a booster injection of 10

grams, intravenously, on admission to the hospital. Hemoglobin levels were

much easier to maintain. Leg cramps were less than three percent and always

was associated with " getting out " of Vitamin C tablets. Striae gravidarum

was seldom encountered and when it was present there existed an associated

problem of too much eating and too little walking. The capacity of the skin

to resist the pressure of an expanding uterus will also vary in different

individuals. Labor was shorter and less painful. There were no postpartum

hemorrhages. The perineum was found to be remarkably elastic and episiotomy

was performed electively. Healing was always by first intention and even

after 15 and 20 years following the last child the firmness of the perineum

is found to be similar to that of a primigravida in those who have

continued their daily supplemental vitamin C. No patient required

catheterization. No toxic manifestations were demonstrated in this series.

There was no cardiac stress even though 22 patients of the series had

rheumatic hearts. One patient in particular was carried through two

pregnancies without complications. She had been warned by her previous

obstetrician that a second pregnancy would terminate with a maternal death.

She received no ascorbic acid with her first pregnancy. This lady has been

back teaching school for the past 10 years. She still takes 10 grams of

ascorbic acid daily. Infants born under massive ascorbic acid therapy were

all robust. Not a single case required resuscitation. We experienced no

feeding problems. The Fultz quadruplets were in this series. They took milk

nourishment on the second day. These babies were started on 50 mg ascorbic

acid the first day and, of course, this was increased as time went on. Our

only nursery equipment was one hospital bed, an old, used single unit hot

plate and an equally old 10 quart kettle. Humidity and ascorbic acid tells

this story. They are the only quadruplets that have survived in

southeastern United States. Another case of which I am justly proud is one

in which we delivered 10 children to one couple. All are healthy and good

looking. There were no miscarriages. All are living and well. They are

frequently referred to as the vitamin C kids, in fact all of the babies

from this series were called " Vitamin C Babies " by the nursing

personnel--they were distinctly different.

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Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA

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