Causes of Sudden death
Underlying condition causes of Sudden death: The list of possible underlying conditions (see also Misdiagnosis of underlying causes of Sudden death) mentioned in various sources as possible causes of Sudden death includes:
- Heart attack
- Stroke
- Aneurysm
- Accidental death
- Injury
- Workplace injury
- Car accident
- Truck accident
- Poisoning
- SIDS
- Homicide
- Suicide
- Meningitis
- Bacterial meningitis
- Meningococcal disease
- Encephalitis
- Flu - mainly in the elderly, infants, infirm or chronically ill
- Medical error
- Medication error
- Adverse reaction
- Allergic reaction (type of Adverse reaction)
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Anaphylaxis
- Diabetic hypo
- Medication overdose (type of Medical misadventure)
- Drug overdose (type of Adverse reaction)
- Birth injury
- Childbirth hemorrhage
- Fetal death (type of Death)
- Stillbirth (see Birth symptoms)
- Appendicitis
- Diabetic ketoacidosis - typically from undiagnosed diabetes
- Type 1 diabetes - mainly death from DKA if undiagnosed.
Sudden death as a complication: Other conditions that might have Sudden death as a complication might be potential underlying causes of Sudden death. The list of conditions listing Sudden death as a complication in our database includes:
Sudden death as a symptom: Conditions listing Sudden death as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Sudden death. The list of conditions listing Sudden death as a symptom in our database includes:
Causes of Sudden death: medical news summaries: The following medical news items are relevant to causes of Sudden death:
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