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Cause of Crib Death:

Question: What is the mechanism of crib death?
Answer: The baby's lungs stop breathing (apnea) and the baby's heart stops beating.

Question: Why do the lungs and heart stop functioning?
Answer: Because the relevant nerve impulses from the brain don't reach the lungs and heart to cause them to function.

Question: Why don't the nerve impulses reach the lungs and heart?
Answer: Because the nerves stop transmitting the impulses.

Question: Why do the nerves stop transmitting the impulses?
Answer: Because of the accumulation of acetylcholine in the blood.

Question: Why does acetylcholine accumulate in the blood?
Answer: Because the cholinesterase enzyme is deactivated.

Question: What de-activates the cholinesterase enzyme?
Answer: Anticholinesterase agents.

Question: What are these anticholinesterase agents?
Answer: Nerve gases formed from compounds of phosphorus, arsenic, and/or antimony.

Question: Where are the compounds of phosphorus, arsenic and antimony?
Answer: In the baby's bedding (along with fungi which convert the compounds into the gases.)

For further questions contact Dr. Sprott: tjsprott@babymattresscovers.com