Floppy Baby Syndrome

Floppy baby syndrome, in simple terms, is hypotonia during infancy. It is muscle weakness or reduced muscle tone in a baby.Now as med students we know causes of hypotonia in adults but what could cause hypotonia/Floppy Baby Syndrome in infants?
SO MANY!!!


Causes:

1. Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, 
2. Administration of Fentanyl to the mother with baby still attached to cord.
3. Inborn metabolism disorder,
4. Prader-Willi syndrome,
5. Kernicterus,
6. Agenesis of the corpus callosum,
7. Transection of the spinal cord due to breech delivery,
8. Werdnig-Hoffman's disease (Infantile muscle dystrophy),
9. Metachromatic leukodystrophy,
10. Botulism,
11. Infantile Myasthenia Gravis,
12. Muscular Dystrophy,
13. Metabolic Myopathies,

{Alot of fancy names. Details about it, we'll all learn it in time.}


It can also happen during Forceps delivery, when the nurses use a forceps in an inexperienced way causing hemorrhage.