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Risk Factors

A

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

B

Baby sleeps with blankets Baby too large for mother's pelvis Being a twin Bikini wax Body piercing Bottle use

C

Caucasian Cigar smoking Cigarette smoke exposure Cigarette smoke exposure Cigarette smoking Cocaine use Contact with infected animals Contaminated food or water Contaminated food or water Cough, eating undercooked crabs/crayfish

D

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

E

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

F

Family history Father was over 40 at child's birth Fever, history of recent sore throat Fever, recent dental procedure 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 Hispanic heritage History of injury to area Hospitalized since birth Huffing Humidity changes

I

Immunosuppression Inadequate sunlight exposure Injection drug use Intercourse at a young age

J

Joint pain, falling on outstreached hand Joint pain, falling on to the back of the hand Joint pain, history of injury to area

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 in or recent travel to high risk COVID-19 region Living without a partner

M

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 Mother taking prescription medications

N

Native american heritage Nighttime feedings None to one alcoholic drink/day Numbness or tingling, after animal bite Numbness or tingling, after eating contaminated fish Numbness or tingling, after eating pufferfish Numbness or tingling, after weeverfish sting

O

Occupational exposures Overheating

P

Pain or discomfort, a cat scratch, lick or bite Pain or discomfort, catfish sting Pain or discomfort, chest injury Pain or discomfort, history of injury to area Pain or discomfort, prolonged bed rest Pain or discomfort, prolonged plane ride Parent with high blood pressure Parental isolation Partner abuse Passive smoking

R

Recent camping trip Recent childbirth Recent cough or cold 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, after prolonged bed rest Shortness of breath, after prolonged plane ride Shortness of breath, after snail sting Shortness of breath, after weeverfish sting Shortness of breath, chicken pox (varicella)Shortness of breath, eating pufferfish Shortness of breath, encounter with an octopus in the south pacific Shortness of breath, history of exposure to asbestos

T

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

U

Undercooked meats Unpasteurized milk products Use caffeine regularly 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