SIDS:- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
The full form of SIDS stands for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is another unexplained condition by science which we know nothing about, is also called by some other names such as cot death, crib death. The symptoms of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome are known as the death of a child happens less than one year of age. The Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is very sudden. Causes of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome to this day remain unknown. Some risk factors of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome which might cause it are sleeping on the stomach or side, overheating, exposure to tobacco smoke, bed sharing. The diagnosis remains unknown as no cause found even after an investigation and autopsy. The might be factors of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome that may cause damage or the syndrome may be infections, genetic disorders, heart problems, child abuse. Some of the prevention of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome might be putting newborn on their back to sleep, pacifier, breastfeeding, immunization. Thought this is very rare and the frequency of it is 1 in 1000-10000, the thought of a newborn baby dying is horrifyingly upsetting. It is a prayer that the cure to the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome be discovered by the doctors, as when a newborn is on the way the happiness of the family knows no bounds and if something this horrifying is to happen, we can only pray.