In a new study researchers have found that low level of pH in the blood of infant’s umbilical cord is connected to increased risk of brain damage, cerebral palsy or death. There is increased risk of stems from lungs and kidneys of unborn babies failed to regulate their blood supply efficiently, explained experts who are following a study by the University of Birmingham.
The organs should work efficiently to make sure that blood does not become more alkaline or acidic and to maintain a healthy balance with a pH reading of 7.4. Respiratory problem could be caused by low level of pH and infant suffered deficiency of oxygen.
Hypoxia is a condition caused risk to small infants especially premature infants. The most common cause of brain damage is hypoxia in premature babies. For their study researchers analyzed fifty one studies that involved more than four lacs eighty thousand babies, written online in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
Researchers have found that infants whose umbilical cord has low level of pH are seventeen times more likely to die, fourteen times more likely to suffer from brain damage due to lack of oxygen and twice are more likely to suffer from cerebral palsy.
Low level of pH in umbilical cord blood has shown strong, steady and chronological connection that is important scientifically in neonatal results, explained researchers.