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Originally Posted by Paul11
I just can't agree with the last part. SIDS is a label for any type of unexplainable sudden death that happens to occur almost always when sleeping, on the stomach or with too many blankets when it's hot. It's like a catch-all term. If they new what caused it it would be called something liek apnea and not some general unspecific term like SIDS.
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But... I`m not disagreeing with what you say.
If the baby doesn`t die, it`s not considered SIDS. The direct cause of babies dying is a lack of oxygen. It`s WHAT is causing them to stop breathing that is up in the air.
Apnea is something that occurs when sleeping, and is aggravated by over heating and the accumulation of carbon dioxide in the system (something common when sleeping on the stomach).
Most of the doctors I have spoken with DO refer to SIDS as apnea. The biggest difference is that apnea is considered a chronic condition, but SIDS is accepted as sudden onset... However, as I said before, you don`t know if something is chronic unless you are monitoring it - and no one is going to let a baby die who they are monitoring! Even when something is monitored and considered apnea, it doesn`t mean they know what causes it. Apnea is just a term for respiration spontaneously ceasing. There are
countless possible causes. Apnea is also a catch-all term - it`s the end problem, not the cause.