{"id":69076,"date":"2025-10-15T13:04:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=69076"},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T09:21:33","slug":"sudden-infant-death-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sudden-infant-death-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudden Infant Death Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a leading cause of infant mortality globally and October is marked as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome month.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sudden Infant Death Syndrome<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the term used to <\/span><b>describe the sudden and unexpected death<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of an <\/span><b>infant <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that is <\/span><b>less than one year old,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for which no cause can be found even after an investigation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is sometimes known as \u2018<\/span><b>cot death\u2019 or \u2018crib death\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, even though cots and cribs are not the cause of these deaths.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most SIDS deaths occur during the <\/span><b>first six months of a baby\u2019s life.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It occurs slightly more in baby boys and happens when <\/span><b>the baby is asleep.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Risk Factors for SIDS<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Premature birth <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or low birth weight;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A family history as babies who have had a sibling who died of SIDS are at a higher risk; Exposure to smoking\/secondhand smoke during or after pregnancy;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Unsafe sleeping positions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or environments and poor prenatal care.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Possible Causes of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Problems of under-<\/span><b>development of the part of the brain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that helps control breathing and waking during sleep.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It may also <\/span><b>be a genetic vulnerability<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or a vulnerability to environmental stresses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vaccines do not cause SIDS.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/all-you-need-to-know-about-sudden-infant-death-syndrome\/article70161449.ece?cx_testId=81&amp;cx_testVariant=cx_1&amp;cx_artPos=1&amp;cx_experienceId=EXPO56ZDYSGX&amp;cx_experienceActionId=showRecommendationsX1R7QXU17VG227#cxrecs_s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudden Infant Death Syndrome describe the sudden and unexpected death of an infant that is less than one year old. 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