What is the meaning of Birth Asphyxia? - Dr. Piyush Shah of Cloudnine Hospitals | Doctors’ Circle

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Birth asphyxia or perinatal asphyxia is a condition wherein deprivation of oxygen in the newborn brain happens, which could be secondary to any perinatal events. Whenever there is any deprivation of oxygen to the brain, for the baby who is to be born, there is a possibility that it affects the organs. It could affect any organ that predominantly affects the brain. It is important that perinatal asphyxia be prevented because most organs are likely to recover but the damage that is caused to the brain is likely to be permanent and unlikely to recover. So there is increased chances of morbidity as we say , wherein the child is likely to be a handicapped child or a special child, if there is a need. But consult your doctor before you take any procedure. Perinatal asphyxia, or birth asphyxia as the term normally known, it is secondary to deprivation of oxygen to the brain of the baby to be born. Most of the times, those events could be perinatal, that is around the birth but sometimes the cause could be starting while the baby is within the mother’s womb. When the baby is born the baby may not have any breathing effort and that is a sign peculiarly where we start predicting that probably the baby has asphyxia. We diagnose by what we call an APGAR Score. If a low APGAR Score of 5 minutes, which tells us probably the prognosis of this baby is poor.