< Back to Previous Page Magnesium Useful for Newborns with Low Oxygen Newborn babies can suffer a handful of medical problems if they have a lack of oxygen when they are born but the use of magnesium could help to save those babies that do suffer from a lack of oxygen at birth. A new study was released, which was conducted in India, detailing the positive effects of the use of magnesium in infants that are born with a lack of oxygen. Nerve damage can occur in infants with a lack of oxygen that is known as asphyxia. When damage is apparent, the problem is known as perinatal asphyxia. This problem is due to the drop in the mother’s blood pressure or interference to the child’s blood flow during the birthing process. Anywhere from two to 10 infants in every 1,000 births will suffer from perinatal asphyxia. If doctors applied the use of magnesium when a child is born with a lack of oxygen it is more likely that the child will not develop any nerve damage or asphyxia because the oxygen will be restored to the child. A lack of oxygen causes the opening of certain cell channels and the intake of calcium, which causes irreversible nerve injury. The use of magnesium in infants with a lack of oxygen will help to close those cell channels and stop the intake of calcium which causes nerve injury. If you or a loved one has had a child born with a lack of oxygen which in turn has led to irreversible nerve damage, contact the law firm of Kleinick Law immediately for expert legal counsel regarding your case.