Fast Facts About SIDS
SIDS is declared the cause of death only after all other known and possible causes of death have been ruled out.- SIDS has no warning signs and occurs quickly and suddenly, most often while babies are sleeping. Death is the first and only symptom.
- Babies who have died of SIDS reveal no apparent signs of having suffered or struggled.
- Nothing can prevent SIDS from occurring, and it can claim any baby, even when all steps are taken to help reduce the risk of SIDS.
- SIDS claims the lives of infants who appeared perfectly healthy before death, even to their pediatricians.
- SIDS occurs in families of all ethnicities and socioeconomic levels.
- SIDS is NOT contagious or hereditary.
- SIDS is NOT caused by immunizations, choking, suffocation, smothering, or apnea.
- SIDS is NOT a result of child neglect or abuse.
