BHS

Breath Holding Spells (BHS)

Recently, my niece has been having moments where she just stops breathing after crying for a long period of time. They started occurring a few months ago, and have been getting a bit frequent. She's been taken to the doctor, but apparently it's nothing serious. I decided to look it up anyway because I often babysit her and it's a bit scary having to deal with something like that on your on, so I wanted to know as much as possible. I found this helpful link. It talks about what it is, what the causes can be, and how to treat a spell after it happens, since in most cases it's not really easily prevented - as children can start crying about many different things. 

This is helpful to me because it helps with dealing with my niece, and it can help me prepare for future encounters with other children who might have the same problem. I will be able to prevent injuries to the child during the time of the spell with this new information.