Sudden Death Syndrome
20.05.12
Which is more likely, death as the result of a car crash, or dying whilst jogging on a Wii Fit games machine? For the majority, the answer may seem simple and the question perhaps a little ridiculous, yet for the parents of Tim Eves, a healthy 25-year-old man who died suddenly last year during an innocent workout, this question is far from absurd.
Athletes on the sports field, a young girl thrilled by her first kiss, a teenager collapsing onto his birthday cake, a girl on her morning jog, somebody’s son at the wheel waiting for the lights to change; all of these commonplace actions are linked by one collective factor that is ironically far from mundane, death by Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS).
Known as the stealthy and silent killer, SADS is an umbrella term, which is applied after death, for around a dozen conditions that claim the lives of 12 people under 35 every week in the UK. Out of those affected, 90 per cent are male and the majority are under 35. These deaths have a special poignancy because there are few prior symptoms and the victims appear, like Tim Eves, to be in prime health. Dr Jonathan Goodfellow, Consultant Cardiologist at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend, states that “you cannot live with SADS, but you can live with an underlying problem that can eventually cause it.” These problems are usually due to an abnormality of the heart structure, such as the swelling of the ventricles in the heart, or electrical system of the heart, which in turn can lead to an abnormality in the heart rhythm. Changes to the heart’s rhythm can subsequently cause cardiac arrest and possibly death. Dr Goodfellow describes these conditions, which can be hereditary, as “very incapacitating, drawing attention to the potential risk of passing them onto your children”.
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