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This current state of medical practice is both tragic and criminal. Pediatricians are not evil individuals, but they are greatly misinformed in their training and highly influenced by the pharmaceutical companies. [1]
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
According to the Mayo Clinic, sudden infant death syndrome is defined as the unexplained death, usually during sleep, of a seemingly healthy baby less than a year old. SIDS is described as crib death because the infants often die in their cribs. The cause, while considered to be unknown, appears to be associated with abnormalities of an infant’s brain, which controls breathing and arousal from sleep. [2]
Physical factors associated with SIDS are low birth weight, brain abnormalities and respiratory infection. Infants who sleep with parents, on a soft surface and on their side or stomach are also reported to be at higher risk for SIDS. [3]
Additional risk factors are the following:
- Sex: Boys are more at risk for SIDS
- Age: Infants are more vulnerable during the second and third month of life.
- Race: Blacks, Native Americans and Alaskan Native infants are at higher risk.
- Family history: Babies with siblings or cousins who died of SIDS are at higher risk of SIDS.
- Secondhand smoke increases the risk of SIDS.
- Premature babies are at higher risk.
