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Sudden infant death syndrome: The sudden death of an infant due to an unknown cause that occurs during sleep. See detailed information below for a list of 5 causes of Sudden infant death syndrome, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant, typically occurring between 3 weeks and 5 months of age, most infants dying at night, and not explained by postmortem data.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant, typically occurring between 3 weeks and 5 months of age, most infants dying at night, and not explained by postmortem data.
- (Source - CRISP)
Sudden infant death syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Sudden infant death syndrome, or a subtype of Sudden infant death syndrome,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
- (Source - National Institute of Health)
The list below shows some of the causes of Sudden infant death syndrome mentioned in various sources:
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The following list of conditions have 'Sudden infant death syndrome' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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SIDS
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Medical Conditions associated with Sudden infant death syndrome:
Death (2725 causes), Infant symptoms (2900 causes), Infant health symptoms (2900 causes), Death-related symptoms (2729 causes), Sleep symptoms (1476 causes), Sleeping problems (873 causes), Child health symptoms (230 causes), Nocturnal symptoms (698 causes)
Symptoms related to Sudden infant death syndrome:
SIDS, Infant symptoms (2900 causes), Death (2725 causes), Arcuate nucleus brain abnormality, Medium chain acylCoA dehydrogenase deficiency, Respiratory infections, Sleep apnea (36 causes), Smoking
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