Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome

[Baal]

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/mysterious-condition-killing-workers-dongguan-170034924.html

 

A Mysterious Condition Is Killing Workers In Dongguan, China In Their Sleep By Mamta Badkar | Business Insider – 20 hours ago

 

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The Chinese city of Dongguan, in the southern province of Guangdong, has seen a surge in the number of workers that are dying in their sleep, reports Andrea Chen at South China Morning Post.

There have been 893 cases of sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome (SUNDS) from January 2001 to October 2013, up from 231 cases seen between January 1990 to December 1999.

Autopsies have revealed that these workers had no terminal illness or injury and that the workers were otherwise healthy. The report found that the young male workers suddenly had a hard time breathing while they were sleeping, though the cause for this was unknown.

Researchers at Zhongshan School of Medicine, cited by Guangzhou Daily, found that young manual laborers were most at risk. More than 90% of those that died were manual laborers and the researchers said longer hours and poor work and living conditions put them at higher risk. More than 90% of the victims were male.

Dongguan was once one of China's biggest manufacturing hubs with the city's GDP rising 19.5% annually between 2003 and 2006. But after the financial crisis, growth slumped to 5.3% in 2009. The mayor of Dongguan expects growth to pick up to 9% in 2014 as a result of investment in certain high-tech projects. More recently, the city came under the scanner as it was dubbed China's sex capital.

A recent paper on SUNDS by Chao Liu et al, published in Forensic Science International, looks at SUNDS in Southern China and related diseases from other countries.

From the paper:

As an ethnic and region specific natural death, sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome (SUNDS) or sudden unexplained death during sleep (SUDS), is a disorder that prevails predominantly in Southeast Asia and has various synonyms in different countries such as the Philippines (bangungut), Thailand (lai-tai), Japan (pokkuri), and China (sudden manhood death syndrome).

The annual incidence of SUNDS has been reported to be as high as 43 per 100,000 people aged 20–40 years in the Philippines and 38 per 100,000 people aged 20–49 years in Thailand. In Southern China, the incidence is about 1 per 100,000 people.

These reported worldwide syndromes have an unusual clinical phenotype in common: the vast majority of victims were apparently healthy young males between 20 and 50 years old; death mostly occurred at night during sleep with symptoms of moaning, tachypnea, and abrupt tic of limbs; gross autopsy and microscopic findings showed no morphological changes to elucidate the cause of death. Since its initial description in 1917 in the Philippines, SUNDS has remained an enigma to both forensic pathologists and clinicians.

The paper examined whether SUNDS is a function of a disorder in the cardiac sodium channel, which is responsible for the function of the myocardium, a heart muscle. "Our data suggest that a majority of Chinese SUNDS may be due to other mechanisms that lead to an increased risk for sudden death during sleep," the authors write.

In China meanwhile, the focus continues to be on working conditions — which could exasperate an underlying disorder.

Zhang Yiri, an associate professor from Guangzhou City Polytechnic told China Daily that many factories pay low basic salaries but pay much better for overtime work. Zhang said this has caused many laborers to work extra hours to make more money but also puts them at higher risk.

 

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[Lala81]

Thailand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_unexpected_death_syndrome

 

Most common cause is likely Brugada syndrome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brugada_syndrome

[Baal]

Thailand

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_unexpected_death_syndrome

 

Most common cause is likely Brugada syndrome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brugada_syndrome

 

sounds like a silent killer with no tell tale signs....

 

 

[Pisces69]

Thailand

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_unexpected_death_syndrome

 

Most common cause is likely Brugada syndrome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brugada_syndrome

 

 

This sudden death in the sleep was common with Thai manual workers some years back.

 

Due to long hours, they drank a lot of RedBull which caused their heart to fail in their sleep.

 

They were drinking like 5-6 bottles EVERYDAY.

 

I think its the same with the China workers now.

Edited July 23, 2014 by Pisces69

[Ender]

 

 

This sudden death in the sleep was common with Thai manual workers some years back.

 

Due to long hours, they drank a lot of RedBull which caused their heart to fail in their sleep.

 

They were drinking like 5-6 bottles EVERYDAY.

 

I think its the same with the China workers now.

I remember this thing about sudden death of thai construction workers back in the days when most of our construction workers were thai,

[Pisces69]

I remember this thing about sudden death of thai construction workers back in the days when most of our construction workers were thai,

 

 

Yeah. Authorities were stumped cos all were healthy middle aged males.

 

Till they found that it was common for the Thai workers to consume large amt of Redbull to b able to work hard n long hours.

 

That was put as the cause of their deaths.

 

Soon after the deaths stopped. I think they stopped drinking so much Redbull.

[Vega]

 

 

Yeah. Authorities were stumped cos all were healthy middle aged males.

 

Till they found that it was common for the Thai workers to consume large amt of Redbull to b able to work hard n long hours.

 

That was put as the cause of their deaths.

 

Soon after the deaths stopped. I think they stopped drinking so much Redbull.

I thot the thai use pvc pipe (instead of bamboo) to cook rice that cause food poisoning during those time.

 

I could be wrong thou.

[Tigerwoods]

 

 

This sudden death in the sleep was common with Thai manual workers some years back.

 

Due to long hours, they drank a lot of RedBull which caused their heart to fail in their sleep.

 

They were drinking like 5-6 bottles EVERYDAY.

 

I think its the same with the China workers now.

Redbull cannot be drank like a soft drink or like water.

It perks you up but once the energy dies down, it also makes you more tired than before.

It can be use as energy booster like in a golf game after 9 holes I will mix it with 100plus but after 18th, I don't drink it again.

[Pisces69]

I thot the thai use pvc pipe (instead of bamboo) to cook rice that cause food poisoning during those time.

 

I could be wrong thou.

 

 

That was one of the suspected causes till they found out they consumed large amts of redbull.

 

Then it was blamed on the Redbull.

[Pisces69]

Redbull cannot be drank like a soft drink or like water.

It perks you up but once the energy dies down, it also makes you more tired than before.

It can be use as energy booster like in a golf game after 9 holes I will mix it with 100plus but after 18th, I don't drink it again.

 

 

Ya the caffeine n taurine is a stimulant but wil over stress the heart if taken in large amts n often.

 

I also dun drink those Energy drinks anymore. Even those Ginsend Energy Drinks r the same.

 

1 can/bottle once in awhile sud b OK though. But if u have a heart problem, better to avoid.

[Scion]

 

 

This sudden death in the sleep was common with Thai manual workers some years back.

 

Due to long hours, they drank a lot of RedBull which caused their heart to fail in their sleep.

 

 

reminds me of a story i heard many many years back

 

that the Thai foreign workers here used to sleep with makeups on

 

because of the unexplained death

 

there were rumours that the men died in their sleep due to their souls taken by a female spirit

 

so they wore makeups to disguise themselves as women

[Baal]

 

 

Ya the caffeine n taurine is a stimulant but wil over stress the heart if taken in large amts n often.

 

I also dun drink those Energy drinks anymore. Even those Ginsend Energy Drinks r the same.

 

1 can/bottle once in awhile sud b OK though. But if u have a heart problem, better to avoid.

 

Like that 5-6 cups of coffee a day will have same deadly effect boh? coffee black kosong..?

[Vega]

agreed. drinking redbull can make the heart beat very fast.

I got a platoon mate who drank 2 bottles of RB before SOC test thinking he can run even faster but in the end, couldn't complete the test.

 

whats more, he is those that can pass the test without any stimulant one.......

[Baal]

Redbull cannot be drank like a soft drink or like water.

It perks you up but once the energy dies down, it also makes you more tired than before.

It can be use as energy booster like in a golf game after 9 holes I will mix it with 100plus but after 18th, I don't drink it again.

 

So its like an overboost button to be used sparingly.

I have an excolleague early 20-21, she takes at least 2-3 cans a day I think. Office job.

 

PS : always thought downing lots of RB just makes u fat due to high sugar & calories. didnt know can be so deadly.

Edited July 23, 2014 by Baal

[Pisces69]

 

reminds me of a story i heard many many years back

 

that the Thai foreign workers here used to sleep with makeups on

 

because of the unexplained death

 

there were rumours that the men died in their sleep due to their souls taken by a female spirit

 

so they wore makeups to disguise themselves as women

 

Ya when they started to die suddenly n so many, there were many suspected causes.

 

One as u mentioned was a female spirit wil come n take them away as a husband while they sleep.

 

Some men even slept in womens clothing to "fool" the female ghost that ther were females. Hahaha.

 

Some tot was cos they ate rats caught in our drains which were contaminated, unlike those eaten from the Thai padi fields , which were relatively clean.

[Baal]

 

Ya when they started to die suddenly n so many, there were many suspected causes.

 

One as u mentioned was a female spirit wil come n take them away as a husband while they sleep.

 

Some men even slept in womens clothing to "fool" the female ghost that ther were females. Hahaha.

 

Some tot was cos they ate rats caught in our drains which were contaminated, unlike those eaten from the Thai padi fields , which were relatively clean.

 

u really lao jiao...Thai worker days i still juv delinq, .....

 

PS : is RB today watered down in Sg? Think not so long ago there was still a trend of people using RB as a mixer & wack & pump nicotine at the same time.

Edited July 23, 2014 by Baal

[Pisces69]

 

Like that 5-6 cups of coffee a day will have same deadly effect boh? coffee black kosong..?

 

 

Drinking too much strong coffee, black or with milk is strongly not recommended.

 

For a young healthy person they say no more than 3 cups a day, preferably spread out over many hours.

 

Similar for tea but seems not so much a problem with tea drinkers.

[Baal]

 

 

Drinking too much strong coffee, black or with milk is strongly not recommended.

 

For a young healthy person they say no more than 3 cups a day, preferably spread out over many hours.

 

Similar for tea but seems not so much a problem with tea drinkers.

 

Just a couple of days back, heard was it on radio that 'we' get most of our caffeine fix from coffee. The amount from Tea is much lesser compared to coffee. Guess will try to cut down also.