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Anoxia & Hypoxia
Inattentiveness :: Poor Judgment
Memory Loss :: Motor Coordination
Cerebral hypoxia refers to a condition in which there is a decrease of oxygen supply to the brain even though there is adequate blood flow. Brain cells are extremely sensitive to oxygen deprivation and can begin to die within five minutes after oxygen supply has been cut off.
When hypoxia lasts for longer periods of time, it can cause coma, seizures, and even brain death. In brain death, there is no measurable activity in the brain, although cardiovascular function is preserved. Life support is required for respiration.
Some of these may create conditions that can lead to cerebral hypoxia drowning, strangling, choking, suffocation, cardiac arrest, head trauma, carbon monoxide poisoning, and complications of general anesthesia.
Symptoms of mild cerebral hypoxia include:
- inattentiveness
- poor judgment
- memory loss
- a decrease in motor coordination.
Brain damage caused by a lack of oxygen in the brain. A case of anoxia or hypoxia may be associated with cererbral palsy, and a severe case of cerebral palsy is often called hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy or intrapartum asphyxia.
Asphyxia, a lack of oxygen in the brain caused by an interruption in breathing or poor oxygen supply, is common in babies due to the stress of labor and delivery.
But even though a newborn’s blood is equipped to compensate for short-term low levels of oxygen, if the supply of oxygen is cut off or reduced for lengthy periods, an infant can develop a type of brain damage called hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, which destroys tissue in the cerebral motor cortex and other areas of the brain.
This kind of damage can also be caused by severe maternal low blood pressure, rupture of the uterus, detachment of the placenta, or problems involving the umbilical cord.
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