Comments on: Boy Drowns Hours After Leaving Pool

10-Year-Old Autistic Youth An Apparent Victim Of "Secondary Drowning"

[susieq_13]

My heart goes out to this family. What a terrible tragedy. I had no idea that something like that could happen. I will definitely keep my eyes open with my two children who are close in age to this boy that drowned.
You are in my prayers Jackson Family.

[loves77]

Autistic, swallowed or inhaled water; either way this is a trajedy. stop nit picking and think about the family who is suffering right now after loosing their child, what a horrible thing to have to endure... selfish of those who can''t see this and want to analize who said this or that... lets be human for just a second people...

[hwy71so]

"Why haven''''t we heard about "secondary drowning" before this incident? It sounds like another disease they made up to fit the symptoms.

Millions of kids swim every summer. Why this child and why now?

Posted by barbaraf4 at 10:53 AM : Jun 05, 2008"

I''ve heard of it, but its a rare occurrence.

Get off the mother''s back people, she''s going through enough stress as it is.

[notso9]

"Secondary Drowning is a condition where water, or other fluids, has entered the lungs but the person may be conscious and not fully aware of what has occurred. This also sometimes happens with a near drowning victim. That is, prior to being pulled out of the water they inhaled fluid into their lungs.

The general warning signs for this include: coughing; trouble breathing; pain in the lungs or chest especially when taking a deep breath; and a feeling of swallowing or inhaling water.

It is vital that this person get medical attention as quickly as possible. As the name implies, the person can drown even several hours later as the fluid in the lungs impairs the breathing process. Water also will damage the inside surface of the lung, collapse the alveoli and cause a hardening of the lungs with a reduced ability to exchange air." http://www.firstaidtopics.com/secondary-drowning/

This aticle doesn''t say anything about any of these symptoms, and is possibly a little confused as to "swallowing" or "inhaling" a little water. I think some of the facts have been lost in the media''s translation as usual.

[magoo2u1]

"72 hours later and without any warning signs, according to medical experts. "

Jesus jeepers holycow batman. Keep a sharp eye out for the symptoms on this one lest you be accused of being stupid or a bad parent.

[magoo2u1]

"Either way, this child was autistic and apparently unable to communicate his discomfort."

I think the point is missed here: This isn''t an autistic phenomenon. Nowhere does this article suggest autism played a roll. It appears he choked at the pool but some water remained in his lungs. That fluid resulted in asphyxiation later on.
Point? If your child inhales (not swallows) water be concerned if he becomes tired / sleepy afterwards. Unfortunately an afternoon in the pool often leaves one tired and ready for a nap. Non-autistic people have died as long as 72 hours later.

[barbaraf4]

"This is unfortunate, and pinning labels (and by the way, I''m on to you because I read on another site that the child was slightly autistic) doesn''t make this any less unfortunate or tragic. Odd, unusual, and something that just happened." Posted by missybelle
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I guess we are not speaking the same language. I don''t understand your statement about "(and by the way, I''m on to you because I read on another site that the child was slightly autistic)". It states on this site that the child is autistic. I am not making any negative statement about this situation. I just want to know how the medical community came up with this bogus diagnosis.

[missybelle-2009]

barbaraf4, the police, after doing a lot of investigating, discovered the child had swallowed water. Wow, imagine that at a pool! Shocker! This is unfortunate, and pinning labels (and by the way, I''m on to you because I read on another site that the child was slightly autistic) doesn''t make this any less unfortunate or tragic. Odd, unusual, and something that just happened.

[barbaraf4]

Posted by missybell

How many other times since the beginning of the world have you ever heard about "secondary drowning"? I never have and I have owned pools. There was never a disclaimer about vigilence for secondary drowning.

[missybelle-2009]

Did some of you read this artical or are you just add libbing. God you are dumber than dirt. No one was aware read it again.


Posted by antoniof123 at 11:05 AM : Jun 05, 2008

People have dumbed down. Apparently the posters for this article have never had a child choke on a little water at a pool, or even done it themselves. Not only that, how many children are exhausted after swimming for the day at a pool? It''s so easy to jump and blame when you''re an idiot....

[antoniof123]

Did some of you read this artical or are you just add libbing. God you are dumber than dirt. No one was aware read it again.

[ne_patriot7]

Boy... you people are vicious... No where in the article does it say ANYONE was aware the child had swallowed water... nowhere in the article does it indicate there are ANY visible symptoms the child had swallowed water.. For Christ sake... have just a little bit of a heart... is that too much to ask...??

[credibility2]

If the parent was aware of the kid having swallowed this much water, and despite the kid appearing to be OK, the parent should have taken the kid to a hospital just to get checked out. This is so sad and tragic and I had never heard of "dry drowning" until this story. God bless the family during this terrible time of loss.

[barbaraf4]

Why haven''t we heard about "secondary drowning" before this incident? It sounds like another disease they made up to fit the symptoms.

Millions of kids swim every summer. Why this child and why now?

[credibility2]

If the parent was aware of the kid having swallowed this much water, and despite the kid appearing to be OK, the parent should have taken the kid to a hospital just to get checked out. This is so sad and tragic and I had never heard of "dry drowning" until this story. God bless the family during this terrible time of loss.