What is Sudden Unexpected Death Syndrome?

Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) is a term used to describe the sudden and unexpected death of a baby less than 1 year old in which the cause was not obvious before investigation. These deaths often happen during sleep or in the baby’s sleep area.

What is Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death Syndrome?

Sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome (SUNDS) is a disorder found in southeast Asia, particularly Thailand, Japan, Philippines and Cambodia, which causes sudden cardiac death (usually in males) during sleep (1–3).

What bangungot feels like?

Bangungot is depicted in the Philippines as a mythological creature called batibat or bangungot. This hag-like creature sits on the victim’s face or chest so as to immobilize and suffocate him. When this occurs, the victim usually experiences paralysis.

Why do football players died suddenly?

Up to 90% of all non-traumatic sudden deaths in sport are due to disorders of the cardiovascular system. In young athletes (aged < 25 years) deaths are most commonly from hereditary or congenital cardiac abnormalities whereas, in older athletes, the commonest cause of death is from coronary artery disease.

Why do eyes roll back at death?

The patient’s eyes may roll back as they do in deep meditation. Those at the bedside appreciate an explanation of what is happening and what is normal. When those waiting for the moment of death are not able to be present, it may be a comfort for them to think that the person has some control over the time of death.

How old are the victims of the bangungot?

A 1998 article in the International Journal of Epidemiology by Ronald G. Munger and Elizabeth A. Booton is based on a review of bangungot deaths recorded in Manila from 1948 to 1982; 96 percent of the victims were male, the mean age was 33 years old and the modal time of death 3 a.m., with cases peaking in December-January.

What are some of the medical names for bangungot?

Bangungot is known by many complicated medical names: acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis, sudden arrhythmic death syndrome or sudden adult death syndrome (SADS), bed death, sudden unexplained death syndrome (SUDS), Brugada Syndrome, and sudden unexpected nocturnal death syndrome (SUNDS).

When did the bangungot start in the Philippines?

Foreign epidemiologists RG Munger and EA Booton published a report in an international journal in 1998 titled “Bangungut in Manila: sudden and unexplained death in sleep of adult Filipinos,” based on autopsy records from 1948 to 1982. They noted that the deaths were seasonal, peaking in December-January.

How did Rico Yan from bangungot die?

Because Rico was a snorer, he occupied the loft. Ochoa said that at around 6 AM, they heard Rico groaning, but they thought he was just snoring at that time. Then early next morning at around 9 AM, Dominic tried to wake Rico, but he was not responding, only to found out that Rico was already stiff and lifeless.