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Broker Resources. Individuals and Families. Health and Wellness. Wellness Library. What causes it? If during pregnancy, the mother: Is younger than 20 years old. Smokes or vapes. Compared with back sleeping, stomach sleeping increases the risk of SIDS by 1. Studies suggest that stomach sleeping may increase SIDS risk through a variety of mechanisms, including:.
Whatever the mechanism, evidence from numerous countries—including New Zealand, Sweden, and the United States—suggests that placing babies on their backs to sleep results in a substantial decline in the SIDS rate compared to placing babies on their stomachs to sleep.
Researchers have established the link between stomach sleeping and SIDS by showing that babies who died from SIDS were more likely to be put to sleep on their stomachs compared to babies who lived. After that discovery, public health campaigns were launched to promote back sleep position and reduce the use of the stomach sleep position. Dramatic decreases in SIDS rates were observed in all countries with these public health campaigns; these campaigns have been successful in reducing the prevalence of stomach sleep position among infants.
In areas where stomach sleeping is rare including Hong Kong , SIDS rates historically have been very low, which further strengthens the association. These characteristics might put an infant at higher risk of SIDS.
The simple act of placing infants on their backs to sleep significantly lowers SIDS risk. As stomach sleeping has declined in response to back-sleeping campaigns worldwide, statistics show that the contribution of side sleeping to SIDS risk has increased.
Research shows that side sleeping is just as risky as stomach sleep position and, therefore, should not be used. Placing babies on their backs to sleep is not associated with risks for other problems.
For example, there is no increase in aspiration or complaints of vomiting when babies are placed on their backs to sleep. Moreover, babies may benefit in other ways from sleeping on their backs. Overview Sudden infant death syndrome SIDS is the unexplained death, usually during sleep, of a seemingly healthy baby less than a year old. Request an Appointment at Mayo Clinic. Share on: Facebook Twitter. Accessed May 5, Corwin MJ. Sudden infant death syndrome: Risk factors and risk reduction strategies.
SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths: Updated recommendations for a safe infant sleeping environment. Kliegman RM, et al. Sudden infant death syndrome. In: Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. Elsevier; SIDS is part of a larger category of unexpected as opposed to unexplained infant deaths called SUDI sudden unexpected death in infancy.
Babies who die suddenly but whose causes of death are later explained infection, brain abnormality, cardiac dysfunction, etc. SIDS is a mysterious syndrome, since by its very definition the cause cannot be determined. But certain risk factors do exist. Some babies are more at risk than others. For example, SIDS is more likely to affect a baby who is between 1 and 4 months old, it is more common in boys than girls, and most deaths occur during the fall, winter and early spring months.
While the cause of SIDS is unknown, many clinicians and researchers believe that SIDS is associated with problems in the ability of the baby to arouse from sleep, to detect low levels of oxygen, or a buildup of carbon dioxide in the blood.
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