Birth Defects While Drinking and Smoking.
Suleyma Carrera
Ms. Middleton
English IV: FL College Prep
17 March 2014
Birth Defects While Drinking and Smoking.
When a women or a young women is pregnant she must alter some of the things she may be doing in her everyday life. Harmful things such as drinking and smoking should be at the top of the list of things not to do when carrying a developing human being. Some women, and most teenage girls do not understand the repercussions that smoking and drinking may have to their unborn child, so they continue to be the life of the party. Some of the outcomes of drinking and smoking while pregnant include Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), low birth weight, still birth, growth issues, birth defects, or the mother may have a miscarriage. There are three diagnoses linked to FASD such as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), -[http://www.parents.com/pregnancy/my-body/is-it-safe/drinking-smoking-during-pregnancy/ ] (Partial Fetal Alcohol syndrome (pFAS), Alcohol Related Birth Defects (ARBD), and Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND). Out of all the conditions of FASD, FAS is the most severe disorder. According to A.D.A.M Medical Encyclopedia’s information on fetal alcohol syndrome “A pregnant woman who drinks any amount of alcohol is at risk for having a child with fetal alcohol syndrome. No ‘safe’ level of alcohol use during pregnancy has been established”. (Maria Trimarchi 5). Larger amounts of alcohol appear to increase the problems. Alcohol use appears to be the most harmful during the first 3 months of pregnancy. However for women and teenage girls drinking alcohol any time during pregnancy can be harmful. Furthermore, common symptoms of babies with FAS include poor growth, heart defects, facial disfigurement, and delayed development in thinking, speech, movement, or social skills. Typical facial deformities associated with FAS include a small head and upper jaw as well as small narrow eyes
Ms. Middleton
English IV: FL College Prep
17 March 2014
Birth Defects While Drinking and Smoking.
When a women or a young women is pregnant she must alter some of the things she may be doing in her everyday life. Harmful things such as drinking and smoking should be at the top of the list of things not to do when carrying a developing human being. Some women, and most teenage girls do not understand the repercussions that smoking and drinking may have to their unborn child, so they continue to be the life of the party. Some of the outcomes of drinking and smoking while pregnant include Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), low birth weight, still birth, growth issues, birth defects, or the mother may have a miscarriage. There are three diagnoses linked to FASD such as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), -[http://www.parents.com/pregnancy/my-body/is-it-safe/drinking-smoking-during-pregnancy/ ] (Partial Fetal Alcohol syndrome (pFAS), Alcohol Related Birth Defects (ARBD), and Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND). Out of all the conditions of FASD, FAS is the most severe disorder. According to A.D.A.M Medical Encyclopedia’s information on fetal alcohol syndrome “A pregnant woman who drinks any amount of alcohol is at risk for having a child with fetal alcohol syndrome. No ‘safe’ level of alcohol use during pregnancy has been established”. (Maria Trimarchi 5). Larger amounts of alcohol appear to increase the problems. Alcohol use appears to be the most harmful during the first 3 months of pregnancy. However for women and teenage girls drinking alcohol any time during pregnancy can be harmful. Furthermore, common symptoms of babies with FAS include poor growth, heart defects, facial disfigurement, and delayed development in thinking, speech, movement, or social skills. Typical facial deformities associated with FAS include a small head and upper jaw as well as small narrow eyes
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