{"id":1513977,"date":"2022-06-13T16:06:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T20:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1513977"},"modified":"2022-06-13T16:07:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T20:07:01","slug":"sudden-adult-death-syndrome-young-healthy-people-are-mysteriously-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sudden-adult-death-syndrome-young-healthy-people-are-mysteriously-dying\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sudden Adult Death Syndrome\u2019: Young, Healthy People Are Mysteriously Dying"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsudden-adult-death-syndrome-young-healthy-people-are-mysteriously-dying%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1513977&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Experts and families of healthy, young people who have suddenly died are speaking out about Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, or Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome, known more commonly as SADS.<\/p>\n<p>SADS, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racgp.org.au\/clinical-resources\/clinical-guidelines\/key-racgp-guidelines\/view-all-racgp-guidelines\/genomics\/sudden-arrhythmic-death-syndrome#:~:text=SADS%20is%20an%20umbrella%20term,undetermined&#039;%20or%20&#039;unascertained&#039;.\">according<\/a> to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), \u201cis an umbrella term to describe unexpected deaths in young people (usually 40 years of age), whose cause of death following post mortem examination is \u2018undetermined\u2019 or \u2018unascertained.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-knga07-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cShe worked for an advertising company and was doing really well,\u201d said Margherita Cummins, whose daughter Catherine Keane died suddenly at age 31. \u201cShe went to the gym and walked 10,000 steps every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cummins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/news\/irish-news\/heartbreak-young-irish-woman-who-27098294?_ga=2.211462610.614193924.1654464517-1781433683.1654464511\">told<\/a> the Irish Mirror last month that her daughter\u2019s flatmates found Catherine\u2019s dead body after she didn\u2019t come down for breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey sent her a text at 11.20am and when she didn\u2019t reply, they checked her room and found she had passed,\u201d the mother recalled. \u201cHer friend heard a noise in her room at 3.56am and believes now that is when she died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another family lost their healthy 19-year-old son from the mysterious disease in April of 2021, 7News.com.au <a href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/public-health\/families-open-up-about-terrifying-condition-claiming-lives-of-healthy-young-people-c-7091421\">highlighted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-knga07-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cAs most of you know on the 2nd of April 2021 we tragically lost our beautiful Son and Brother Liam to Sudden Adult Death Syndrome,\u201d a fundraising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/fundraising\/lightupforliam\">page<\/a> for the teen said. \u201cLiam was just 19 years of age a vibrant, fit, healthy young man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiam had everything going for him in life he was learning to drive, looking forward to planned concerts with his friends, many a road trip out and planning the new University life, when everything was cruelly taken from him,\u201d the post continued. \u201cAll his hopes and dreams gone and stolen from us as well!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Elizabeth Paratz, from\u00a0Melbourne\u2019s Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, <a href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/news\/public-health\/families-open-up-about-terrifying-condition-claiming-lives-of-healthy-young-people-c-7091421\">said<\/a> the Victorian registry shows \u201cthere are approximately 750 cases per year of people aged under 50 in Victoria suddenly having their heart stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-knga07-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cOf these, approximately 100 young people per year will have no cause found even after extensive investigations such as a full autopsy,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Paratz noted that \u201cthe numbers had remained tragically consistent over the years,\u201d\u00a0according to 7News.com.au.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-knga07-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThis has always been a really tragic thing that\u2019s been around, and we haven\u2019t seen a big change in numbers in recent years,\u201d she said.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s always been something that affects people in their life with no warning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-knga07-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cSo, if there is any family history, it is a very good idea to get a screening,\u201d she advised.<\/p>\n<p>Medical Daily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaldaily.com\/mysterious-disease-killing-hundreds-australia-465567\">noted<\/a> that approximately 210,000 people \u201cdie suddenly and unexpectedly each year due to sudden cardiac arrest in the United States,\u201d citing the American Heart Association.<\/p>\n<p>RACGP says on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racgp.org.au\/clinical-resources\/clinical-guidelines\/key-racgp-guidelines\/view-all-racgp-guidelines\/genomics\/sudden-arrhythmic-death-syndrome\">webpage<\/a> that \u201cthe most common SADS conditions include genetic arrhythmia syndromes such as long QT syndrome, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) and Brugada syndrome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese conditions follow an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern,\u201d RACGP details. \u201cTherefore, first-degree relatives (ie parents, siblings, children) of an individual who has a genetic arrhythmogenic disorder are at a 50% risk of also having a gene variant for the condition, and thus, at risk of developing the condition. 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