Talk:Sudden unexpected death syndrome

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i don't understand this at all: "While experiencing this, the person is aware that he is dreaming but feels like there is something that stops him from moving and awak[en]ing." so... while experiencing death, you're aware you're dreaming? or is this what happens immediately before death? either way, how would anyone know? 67.70.121.22 (talk) 13:44, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Delete entire article
It's Asian superstition, myth, urban legend. And utter nonsense. 89.166.244.245 (talk) 13:49, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

theatlantic.com article
"The Dark Side of the Placebo Effect: When Intense Belief Kills" http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/09/the-dark-side-of-the-placebo-effect-when-intense-belief-kills/245065/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.236.65.209 (talk) 19:44, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Unexplained or unexpected?
The title is (I believe correctly) "sudden unexplained death syndrome," whereas the lede refers to "sudden unexpected..." Someone? Google returns roughly equal numbers of results for both (30% more for "unexpected", though). —Preceding unsigned comment added by S. Ugarte (talk • contribs) 02:42, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Fixed. Title changed to "Sudden unexpected death syndrome". PotentialDanger (talk) 00:18, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Exclusivity to Asians?
I couldn't help noticing. Has SUDS been found to be specifically exclusive to Asians in/from developing areas, or has it occurred to Europeans, Africans, or other phenotypes? knoodelhed (talk) 14:23, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

- No, it only happens to superstitious Asians afaik. Like fan death. 89.166.244.245 (talk) 13:52, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Sources to possibly use to improve this article
Sources: 1) •	http://www.deathreference.com/Sh-Sy/Sudden-Unexpected-Nocturnal-Death-Syndrome.html o	Adler, Shelley. "Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death Syndrome". Encyclopedia of Death and Dying. Advameg Inc. Retrieved 22 February 2016.

•	Explanation: •	I selected this source because it explains the syndrome and ties it a few causes. This source also gives information to give the reader a better understanding.

2)	•	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1647019/pdf/amjph00260-0037.pdf o	Munger, Ronald (September 1987). "Sudden Death in Sleep of Loatian-Hmong Refugees in Thailand: A Case-Control Study" (PDF). AJPH 77 (9): 1187–1190. Retrieved 22 February 2016.

•	Explanation: •	I selected this source because it is an actual case study and provides reliable evidence In regards to SUNDS. I speaks specifically about all their findings and explains every step of their study.

3) •	http://www.livescience.com/8215-die-nightmares.html o	Fox, Stuart. "Can You Really Die in Your Nightmares?". Live Science. Purch. Retrieved 22 February 2016.

•	Explanation: •	I chose this article to be one of my sources because it focuses more of the nightmares and how that could be a cause of SUNDS. This offers a new perspective that I can incorporate into the article on Wikipedia.

4) •	http://www.jstor.org/stable/541133?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents o	Adler, Shelley (1991). "Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death Syndrome among Hmong Immigrants: Examining the Role of the "Nightmare". The Journal of Folklore Society 104 (441): 54–71. doi:10.2307/541133. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

•	Explanation: •	I chose this source because it provides a scholarly article and speaks about the relationship of Hmong immigrants and this syndrome. I believe this journal will help me expand the article by adding a relationship between the immigrants and the syndrome.

5) •	http://content.onlinejacc.org/article.aspx?articleid=1146763 o	Eckart, Robert (September 13, 2011). "Sudden Death in Young Adults, An Autopsy-Based Series of a Population Undergoing Active Surveillance". Journal of the American College of Cardiology 58 (12): 1255–1260. doi:doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.01.049. Retrieved 23 Feburary 2016.

•	Explanation: •	I chose this article because it provides information based on an autopsy done to someone who suffered from this syndrome. This focuses on what findings they record from a dead body.

Pcfernandez324 (talk) 00:31, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

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Sudden unexpected death syndrome is rare in most areas around the world. This syndrome occurs in populations that are culturally and genetically distinct and people who leave an affected population carry with them the vulnerability to sudden death during sleep. Southeast Asian immigrants who most, were fleeing the Vietnam War, suffered the most from this syndrome, marking Southeast Asia as the area containing the most people who suffer from this fatal syndrome. However, there are other Asian populations that were affected, such as, Filipinos and Chinese immigrants in the Philippines, Japanese in Japan and natives of Guam in the United States and Guam. Nonetheless, these particular immigrants who suffered from this syndrome were about 33 years old and seemingly healthy and all but one of the Laotian Hmong refugees were men. Although there has been a significant amount of research on this topic, scientists have not been able to determine the exact cause, but is thought to be the body’s failure to accurately coordinate the electrical signals that cause the heart to beat and the blood to keep flowing. This syndrome is also very difficult to detect even with extensive tests and an electrocardiograph reading. In the Philippines this death is known as bangungut, which means “to rise and to moan in sleep”, and in Japan it is known as Pokkuri which means “sudden and unexpectedly ceased phenomena”. The Tokyo Medical Examiner recently reported that every year several hundred evidently healthy men are found dead in their bed in the Tokyo District alone. These observations indicate that the recent sudden deaths of Southeast Asian refugees are not a new occurrence, but rather an on going pattern of sudden deaths that appears in mainland Southeast Asia. Sudden unexpected death syndrome once caused more deaths among males than car accidents in Southeast Asia.

Sources used: o	Adler, Shelley. "Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death Syndrome". Encyclopedia of Death and Dying. Advameg Inc. Retrieved 22 February 2016.

o	Munger, Ronald (September 1987). "Sudden Death in Sleep of Loatian-Hmong Refugees in Thailand: A Case-Control Study" (PDF). AJPH 77 (9): 1187–1190. Retrieved 22 February 2016.

o	Fox, Stuart. "Can You Really Die in Your Nightmares?". Live Science. Purch. Retrieved 22 February 2016.

o	Eckart, Robert (September 13, 2011). "Sudden Death in Young Adults, An Autopsy-Based Series of a Population Undergoing Active Surveillance". Journal of the American College of Cardiology 58 (12): 1255–1260. doi:doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.01.049. Retrieved 23 Feburary 2016.

Pcfernandez324 (talk) 21:38, 28 February 2016 (UTC)