Re: passing out and torticollis

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Eryn,

This sounds very scary I would certainly be worried too. A few

weeks back, my daughter was making strange breathing noises (on

inhalation) which our ped could not explain. We saw an ENT and he

stuck a scope down her throat and said she had an omega-shaped

epiglottis (sp?) which is slightly abnormal (should be a semi-

circle), but not unusual in babies due to weaker cartilage. With

time, he said the cartilage should strengthen and it would be fine.

Anyway, he said this could cause a " collapse " of I believe it was

the opening in the larynx and it would most likely occur when the

baby cries. I don't think this was related to my daughter's strange

noises even though she had this omega-shaped thing because she never

did it when she cried--it was more like when she was exerting

herself. Still, I wondered if it could be related to the

torticollis and due to some kind of crowding of the airway

structures and I wonder if your daughter might have a similar issue

but more like what the ENT described since it occurs when she

cries. I believe he called this laryngomalacia--you may want to

look it up and see if any of the symptoms fit and take her to an ENT

to get her airway checked out. Please let me know how it goes.

Thanks,

Mom to SHannon, 9 mos., tort & plagio (STarband)

> >

> > My daughter Gia is a Starband Grad as of Jan 07. Her tort

resolved in

> > Feb07. She was 8 weeks early but has had no problems except for

the

> > tort and plagio. SHe is 14 months old now and the problem we are

> > having is that when she hurts herself for example and cries

really

> > hard she stops breathing and goes unresponsive. This has

happened 3

> > times this month...for me that is 3 too many. I have had to give

her

> > rescue breaths to get her to start breathing again. My

pediatrician

> > wanted to see if she is anemic. I am a nurse and I don't quite

get

> > the connection there but we tested her and she was fine. So now

I am

> > trying to think what this could be. I am wondering if there is a

> > connection between the tort and a vaso-vagal response that would

cause

> > her to stop breathing. Has anyone experienced this. Does anyone

have

> > and ideas????

> >

> > Thank you,

> > Eryn

> > Giavanna, 14 months Starband Grad

> > Donovan, 8 years

> >

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