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Revision as of 12:37, 8 July 2020

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), also known as cot death or crib death, is the sudden unexplained death of a child of less than one year of age.[1]

SIDS remains the leading cause of infant death in many developed countries. There are around 2,700 babies who die from cot death every year in the US – and around 300 in the UK.[2]

Cot death occurs when a seemingly healthy infant – under 12 months of age – dies in their sleep with no cause of death established in a post-mortem investigation. Although many risk factors are known to increase the risk of cot death – such as maternal smoking and bed sharing – nobody is exactly sure why it happens.[2]

The incidence of SIDS is higher in male infants as compared with female infants,[1] with a ratio of 60 male deaths to 40 female deaths.[3]

The allostasis hypothesis

Professor Eran Elhaik (2016) has developed a hypothesis, based on allopathic (stress) load that may explain the cause of SIDS.[3]

See also

External links

References

  1. a b REFweb (31 January 2017). Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), www.nichd.nih.gov/, National Institutes of Health. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. a b REFweb Elhaik, Eran (11 January 2019). Neonatal circumcision could increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in babies – new research, MedicalXpress. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  3. a b REFjournal Elhaik, Eran. A "wear and tear" hypothesis to explain Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Frontiers in Neurology. October 2016; 7 PMID. PMC. DOI. Retrieved 7 July 2020.