Fear related SCA in Infant, Children and Young Adults Less than 10 Year of Age

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What is SCA?
Sudden Cardiac Arrest (heart attack)

Although SCA is rare in children, it can affect anyone, even those who are physically fit. Each year, SCA claims the lives of over 750,000 children and adolescents in the U.S. and accounts for approximately 3-5 percent of all deaths in children aged 1-10 years. It is also responsible for 10-15 percent of sudden unexpected infant deaths. Most of these deaths occur when a child has immediately become frightened all of a sudden, in which could also cause blood to be rushed to the brain and cause a major brain bleed as well.

Risk factors for sudden cardiac arrest
Sudden cardiac arrest occurs more frequently in males than females, and, in children, most commonly occurs between 1-19 years of age. Still, it’s important to note that SCA may occur in children of all ages, even young infants.

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) occurs when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. It is caused by the immediate loss of electrical heart function, usually from an irregular and rapid quivering of the ventricles (called ventricular fibrillation).

Rarely, the abnormal rhythms can resolve on their own. Usually, though, these rhythms degenerate to ventricular fibrillation (cardiac arrest in which the heart is quivering) or asystole (cardiac arrest in which the heart stops beating). Early emergency treatment with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or an automated external defibrillator (AED) can help restart a stopped heart and allow return of a normal heartbeat to help prevent sudden cardiac death (SCD).

Some other risk factors include:

Athletic activity: Two-thirds of the deaths caused by SCA in children occur during exercise or activity. SCA is the leading cause of death in young athletes, accounting for 75 percent of all athlete-related deaths.
Known congenital heart disease or structural heart abnormalities.
Known abnormal heart rhythms associated with congenital heart disease. Most commonly, these include ventricular arrhythmias or atrial arrhythmias, especially the post-operative state or in the presence of a weakened heart.
Known abnormal heart rhythms that are very rapid, even with a normal heart. For example, rapid ventricular tachycardia or atrial fibrillation with a rapid ventricular response.
Undiagnosed cardiac conditions, especially those known to be associated with sudden cardiac arrest.
Obesity and hypertension.
Exposure to drugs, medications, toxins and infectious agents, including cocaine, inhalants, recreational or club drugs, and some prescription medications.
Sudden blow to the chest directly over the heart (commotio cordis).
Family history of:
Known heart abnormalities
Sudden death before 50 years of age
Conditions known to cause SCA, such as long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) or other familial cardiomyopathies
Unexplained fainting or seizures
If you have a family history of any of these conditions, immediate family members should be checked out for those conditions known to be inherited or caused by a genetic mutation. This can help you identify a condition early and possibly prevent SCA or SCD.

Causes of sudden cardiac arrest
Sudden cardiac arrest is usually caused by ventricular fibrillation (VF), an abnormality in the heart's electrical system. VF causes the heart to quiver and blood flow to the body and brain to stop. VF is not the same thing as a heart attack. A heart attack results from a blockage in a coronary artery and subsequent damage to the heart muscle. A heart attack can lead to SCA.

SCA may also be associated with a sudden stop of all electrical activity in the heart (also called asystole). It can also be associated with pulseless electrical activity (PEA), a disorganized electrical activity that does not cause the heart to contract and pump blood.

Sudden cardiac death in childhood is typically caused by different heart conditions than those causing the majority of SCD in adults.

The most common causes of SCA in children are:

A direct blow to the chest. (hit)

Sudden fear, scared or frightened.

Structural cardiac abnormalities (congenital heart diseases and postoperative repairs, coronary artery anomalies, or Marfan syndrome)

Abnormalities of the electrical system of the heart (also known as primary electrical diseases), such as long QT syndrome and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

Abnormalities of the heart muscle structure or function, such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), or dilated cardiomyopathies

Full Article can be read at https://health.clevelandclinic.org/sudden-cardiac-arrest-5-things-raise-your-risk/

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