anoxia

The term anoxia, of Latin origin, refers to the almost absolute lack of oxygen in the body tissues or even in the blood. It is a concept related to the hypoxia, which is the lack of oxygen in a body region or throughout the body. It can appear in various settings or environments, such as living tissue, water or even in climatic conditions, for example.

In the case of human beings, and as medicine points out, there are different causes that cause anoxia. The histotoxic anoxia it takes place when the tissues are not able to take up oxygen and fix it. The anoxic anoxiaInstead, it develops in the face of lung problems.

If you talk about stenosis anoxia, the disorder arises from a decrease in blood circulation, while the anemic anoxia It occurs when certain alterations in the hemoglobin level make it impossible to fix oxygen in the necessary amounts.

It is possible to state that the tissue most susceptible to anoxia is the highly strung. If a person is only a few minutes without oxygen, their brain cells can die (brain anoxia). It occurs when there is a decrease in blood flow or insufficient hemoglobin and its consequences can be irreversible damage or difficult recovery (brain damage, epilepsy, problems with learning or paralysis, among others). Its causes are usually accidents in swimming pools, poor combustion of heaters in a closed environment and other domestic accidents.

One of the most common anoxias is mild anoxia caused by the altitude sickness. This malaise affects mountaineers, skiers and tourists who climb a high mountain too fast and people who travel to locations several thousand meters above sea level. Symptoms of altitude sickness include dizziness, fatigue, headaches, feeling dizzy, and nausea.

Anoxia can cause mental disorders

One of the causes of neurosis is related to lack of oxygen during labor. There are cases of women who have received a fairly strong dose of analgesics during childbirth, which have caused complications in the survival of the fetus, preventing the free circulation of oxygen; in other cases it happens because the umbilical cord was cut prematurely and the newborn did not receive the oxygen it needed; Furthermore, in cases where the baby is twisted into the umbilical cord, it also suffers from a lack of oxygen.

In any of these cases, when the baby is not getting oxygen, his respiratory and circulatory systems they become paralyzed, then the body tries to fight death; But this reaction increases the risk of dying, because the fetus begins to agitate and consume too much oxygen, so the lack of it increases. This drawback is known as distressing fetus syndrome and it can end with death, if the specialists do not act quickly.

This traumatic experience imprints itself on the baby as a reaction that receives the qualifier of prototypical, which later will set the trend of action in other situations with a similar kind of stress. In some cases, this type of experience is buried for many years, undermining mental health and conditioning the way in which the person interacts with its surroundings.

Anoxia during birth can have several consequences, such as: allergies, asthma, epilepsy, and even depression, suicide attempts, panic attacks, phobias or psychosis.