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Risk Factors

A

Agent orange Alcohol consumption during pregnancy Anesthesia complications Antibiotic use Asbestos exposure Ashkenazi lineage Athlete

B

Baby sleeps with blankets Being a twin Bikini wax Body piercing Bottle use

C

Caucasian Child in daycare Cigar smoking Cigarette smoke exposure Cigarette smoking Cocaine use Contact with a sick person Contact with infected animals Contaminated food or water Crowded living conditions

D

Dandy's syndrome Delivered by csection Delivery at 34 36 weeks Delivery at 36 38 weeks Delivery at 40 weeks Diaphragm use Divorce Domestic abuse Douching Douching while pregnant

E

Eating crabs/crayfish Eating potentially contaminated fish Eating raw meat Enlarged or swollen glands, a cat scratch, lick or bite Estimated baby weight over nine pounds Experiencing recent trauma Exposed to chickenpox or shingles Exposed to diarrhea Exposed to hand foot mouth syndrome Exposed to irritants

F

Father was over 40 at child's birth First dose of covid-19 vaccine more than 2 wks ago Firstborn Forced air heat Fruit juice in diet

G

Gambling Genetic susceptibility to yeast infections Getting no exercise

H

High blood pressure in previous pregnancies High heeled shoes High school graduate History of injury to area Hospitalized since birth Huffing Humidity changes

I

Immunosuppression Inadequate sunlight Incomplete vaccination Injection drug use Intercourse at a young age

J

Joint pain, falling on to the back of the hand

L

Labor less than three hours Labor shorter than three hours Lead exposure Lifting heavy objects Living at high altitude Living in a developing country Living in a warm climate Living in inner city Living without a partner Long plane rides

M

Marijuana (cannibis) use Marital status Married Maternal herbal medications Mediterranean origin Menstruation before age 8 Methadone while pregnant Milk in diet Mother has sickle cell trait Mother is single

N

Nighttime feedings

O

Occupational exposures

P

Pain or discomfort, a cat scratch, lick or bite Pain or discomfort, chest injury Parent with high blood pressure Parental isolation Passive smoking Peeling paint in home Physical abuse Physical deconditioning Piercing and tattoos Pipe smoking

R

Recent camping trip Recent childbirth Recent contact with coronavirus infected person Recent cough or cold Recent dental procedure Recent exposure to others with strep Recent sore throat Recent surgery Recent traumatic event Recent travel

S

Severe pain in previous labor Sharing your bed with baby Shortness of breath, encounter with an octopus in the south pacific Siblings in home Slower than normal labor Smoking in pregnancy Solvent exposure Some college Stress Substance abuse

T

Taking ACE inhibitor Taking accutane Taking corticosteroid medication Tanning Tattoos Tight fitting clothes Tight gloves Too much fluid surrounding twins Traveling while pregnant Traveling with baby

U

Undercooked meats Unpasteurized milk products Using OTC pain meds Using a public swimming pool Uterus fails to contract

V

Very low birth weight Vigorous exercise Viral illness in past 3 weeks

W

Widowed Working during pregnancy Working in daycare