1-year-old child dies in sleep after breathing difficulty in Quezon

• A 1.5-year-old child died in Quezon after experiencing breathing difficulty while sleeping face down, with aspiration pneumonia listed as the cause of death
• The mother, “Jennifer,” found her child unresponsive around 12:40 a.m., noticing the child was limp and had purple lips
• Doctors revealed that food and fluid had entered the child’s lungs, likely due to sleeping in a prone position shortly after eating
• Pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Co warned that stomach sleeping can block airways in babies and cause "rebreathing," lowering oxygen and increasing carbon dioxide levels

A one-and-a-half-year-old child tragically passed away after reportedly having difficulty breathing while sleeping face down in Quezon province.

According to a report by Dano Tingcungco on GTV News Balitanghali this Monday, the child’s mother, referred to as “Jennifer” (not her real name), shared that around 8:00 p.m. on June 21, her child ate rice and soup for dinner.

Half an hour later, the child drank milk and went to sleep around 9:00 p.m.

At approximately 12:40 a.m., Jennifer woke up to use the restroom and saw her child sleeping on their stomach.

When she turned the child over, she noticed something was terribly wrong.

“Parang sobrang lanta’ nito at hindi gumagalaw,” she said, adding that when she switched on the light, “violet na ang labi ng kaniyang anak.”

Doctors later informed them that there was a significant amount of fluid and food found in the child’s lungs.

The death certificate stated the cause as aspiration pneumonia, indicating the child had difficulty breathing due to substances from the stomach entering the lungs during sleep.

Jennifer was advised that people often vomit when they cannot breathe, but her child was unable to do so.

She warned, “Huwag niyo pong hahayaan na kahit sanay po ang anak niyo na nakadapa… baka matulad siya sa anak ko.”

Pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Co explained that sleeping face down is risky, especially for babies.

“Sleeping on the stomach can block the airway… oxygen drops, carbon dioxide rises… that’s really not good,” he said.

News, photos, or videos that arouse the interest of netizens would often go viral on social media, due to the attention netizens give them. These viral posts appeal to the emotions of netizens, and in rare cases, this could also happen to ordinary people, making them very relatable.

In other news, the annual Wattah Wattah Festival in San Juan City was briefly disrupted by a confrontation between two youth groups, resulting in a broken bottle and an injury. Law enforcement quickly intervened to address the scuffle, providing first aid to the injured individual and launching an investigation, allowing the festival to largely proceed.

Still in other news, a man ended up in jail after he allegedly assaulted his live-in-partner over a game of Scatter. According to the report of Brigada News Philippines, the incident happened on June 23, Purok Ilaya, Brgy. Tuyan, Naga, Cebu. The suspect, Satur, is 29 years old, while the victim, Mae, is 24. Mae said that the suspect borrowed her cellphone, and she suspected that he used her e-wallet to play on Scatter, eventually leading to an argument and to the assault.

Source: KAMI.com.gh