Could somebody actually explain SIDs?

Question

Where does SIDs supposively come from and how do infants get it? I have a baby book on it but doesn't explain in full.

Both of my kids slept on their tummys and had no problem, that's the only way I could get them to sleep.

I had a cousin as well that died from SIDs but we don't know why. I also always checked on my kids who were on their stomaches and had baby monitors and all that, they were both fine.

Answer 1

My children slept on their tummies also and they are now 28 and 30. Most children of their generation slept on their tummies because that is what Dr. Spock advised, who was the baby guru of my day. but current research about SIDS says that babies under a year old should sleep on their backs as a precaution.

A lack of answers is part of what makes sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) so frightening. SIDS is the leading cause of death among infants who are 1 month to 1 year old, and claims the lives of about 2,500 infants each year in the United States. It remains unpredictable despite years of research.

These links may be interesting to you if you haven't already seen them. I hope this is of some help to you. Best of luck.

Answer 2

As the name implies, SIDS is the sudden and unexplained death of an infant who is younger than 1 year old. It is a frightening prospect because it can strike without warning, usually in a seemingly healthy infant. Most SIDS deaths are associated with sleep (hence the common reference to "crib death"), and infants who die of SIDS show no signs of suffering.



Other potential risk factors include:

-smoking, drinking, or drug use during pregnancy
-poor prenatal care
-prematurity or low birth-weight
-mothers younger than 20
-smoke exposure following birth
-overheating from excessive sleepwear and bedding
-stomach sleeping

Answer 3

I believe that it is simply caused by babies forgetting to breathe. Their brains aren't as developed so the breathe reflex isn't as strong. It usually results from babies sleeping on their stomaches and getting their faces buried in the blankets. Because they are small, they don't know how to get out. Having a child sleep on their stomach doesn't mean that they will get SIDS but it does increase the chances. Big puffy blankets and matresses can also increase it. Sleeping with the baby increases it. I think that it is mainly caused by a weaker breath reflex. Nothing fancy.

Answer 4

SIDS is sudden infant death Syndrome. I don't believe they know an actual cause of it, but those that have died from it were sleeping on their stomachs. It is thought that sleeping on your stomach causes the respitory system to slow down. In infants that can't turn over they could actually stop breathing, and die.

Answer 5

SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrom is exactly what it says. Years ago it was called cot death, because it occurs during sleep.
There are loads of sites and information on it.
heres a few

http://www.sids.org/
http://www.sidscenter.org/



but to simplify, its basically unexplained death during sleep, No one really knows how it happens or why. But risk factors have been identified ie; smoking, baby lying on front, being too hot, mattresses etc. Of course people will say they.ve done all the wrong things and their babies were fine, because they are only risk factors, no one really knows what makes one baby more prone than another.

Answer 6

Prenatal risks
inadequate prenatal care
inadequate prenatal nutrition
tobacco smoking
use of heroin
teenage pregnancy
less than a one year interval between subsequent births
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Post-natal risks
low birth weight (especially less than 1.5 kg (~3.3 lb)
exposure to tobacco smoke
laying an infant to sleep on his or her stomach (see positional plagiocephaly)
failure to breastfeed
excess clothing and overheating
excess bedding, soft sleep surface and stuffed animals
gender (61% of SIDS occur in males)
age (incidence rises from zero at birth, is highest between 2-4 months and goes towards zero at one year)
Research on co-sleeping indicates an excess risk with an adjusted Odds-Ratio of 2.71 (Vennemann et al., Acta Paediatr. 2005 Jun;94(6):655–60.) There is a good deal of debate and discussion in the medical literature about this (see below). For example, though findings are still preliminary and unpublished, the proximity of a parent's respiration is thought by some to stimulate proper respiratory development in the infant. It is interesting to note that the first epidemiologic investigation of sudden unexpected infant deaths by Templeman in Dundee in 1892 were shown to be probably from suffocation by overlaying (Williams et al., Sudden unexpected infant deaths in Dundee, 1882-1891: overlying or SIDS? Scott Med J. 2001 Apr;46(2):43–7).

(The use of baby monitors, particularly those with motion sensors, can allow the parents to remotely keep track of their child.)

Answer 7

No one knows exactly what causes sids, but it is not caused by baby choking in vomit or suffocating as many people think. Babies brains are not able to regulate themselves as adult brains are, doctors found babies who sleep on their stomachs are more likely to die from sids than on their back, I guess logically if a baby is on its back their is no resistance and they can breathe easier but on sleeping on their chests they are pressed against the bed. I just would'nt risk it. My uncle's ex-girlfriend lost a child to SIDS it was hard to tell anything was wrong she didnt cry and she didnt turn blue she just wouldnt wake up. please be careful!!!

Answer 8

I'm a retired biomedical engineer. Thirty years ago, I investigated the causes of SIDS, and could find no correlation between the victims. I eventually arrived at my own theory. It involves "Out of body" experiences. I have done this many times, and some of those times I simply stopped breathing. It was only luck that woke me up. I believe SIDS is caused by this phenomenon.

Answer 9

Mine sleeps on his tummy, he's 9 months old now, along with most of my family including myself.
Try this site, it might help. http://www.americanbaby.com/ab/category.jhtml?categoryid=/templatedata/ab/category/data/AB38.xml