For a long time, this question has been in the discussion that when a child really starts feeling the world in the mother’s womb or outside? There has been a different notion about the consciousness of the child in the medical field. This new international study has found the answer to this question. According to the report of Scientific American, the infant starts showing consciousness from the age of 5 months. At the same time, sensory awareness is awakened in the fetus in 35 weeks. But do you know that about 40 years ago, doctors did not even agree to the newborns to feel pain?
Jeffri Lawson’s case became memorable
Let us know that in the year 1985, a premature child named Jeffrey Lawson was performed without anesthesia without anesthesia. He was given only one muscle relaxation so that he could not move. The doctors of this operation team said that children do not feel pain at such a young age. Actually this terrible mistake was the cause of Jeffre’s death. His mother was later told that he could not tolerate anesthesia, but the truth may have come to the fore today.
Science changed picture
Now, 20 years later, researchers found that premature feels the brain pain of babies the same as an adult. Scientific ameriican Study It was told that oxygen supply increases during pain in the cerebral cortex of newborns, which is proof of consciousness. French researchers tested 5 months, 12 months, and 15 -month -old children and saw the P300 Wave (Electric Activity of the brain), which is a sign of awareness.
Surprisingly, 35 -week fetus also recognizes changes in the sound pattern, which is a sign of sensory awareness. According to the statement of Julia Moser, the neuroscientist of the resident team, the statements of the Scientific American, they are signs of early consciousness but we need to understand it better.
How are you in India?
According to a data of UNICEF, about 3.5 million children premature are born every year in India. But do our hospitals understand the pain of premature babies? Although the medical practice of the country has improved in the last 10 years, but there is still a lack of awareness in rural areas. In such cases, correct use of anesthesia is necessary. According to Dr. Lorina Nasi (Trinity College, Dublin), children cannot tell themselves, so it is important to understand consciousness with brain activity. In case of any kind of surgery in children, now this new study can change the old perception completely.