Fetal alcohol syndrome affects about 1-2 per 1 000 births. Prenatal exposure to alcohol can have many subtle side effects such as learning disabilities, developmental problems, mental retardation, facial deformities and a propensity to drink inherited.
When you drink alcohol enters the bloodstream and travels to the placenta, where it interacts with the baby. Because children metabolize the alcohol much slower than adults, the alcohol content in the baby's blood will naturally be much higher than his father. The presence of alcohol can deprive the baby of nutrients and affect the normal development.
Fetal alcohol syndrome is one of the few known causes of preventable mental retardation. The physical characteristics of an individual with FAS may include any or all of the following: small eyes, short upturned nose, small head circumference, a thin upper lip, cleft palate, light sensitivity, hypoplastic kidneys , short neck and joints or deformed limbs. It is likely that prenatal exposure to alcohol has side effects such as slow growth / physical development before and after birth, impaired vision or hearing, hyperactivity, poor impulse control, the extreme nervousness, learning and attention span.
Drinking during the first quarter, when the most elementary facts continue, is what makes distortions baby face with fetal alcohol syndrome. In the first weeks of pregnancy, women do not know they are pregnant. In France, more than half of pregnant women reported an occasional glass of wine.
In fact, they see nothing wrong with drinking during pregnancy. In the US, it is strongly discouraged, if doctors find it difficult to determine how much alcohol is too much and some say a glass of wine can actually help development. Of course, excessive alcohol consumption at any stage of pregnancy can certainly kill a baby and most health professionals discourage even small amounts of alcohol.
To diagnose fetal alcohol syndrome, doctors watching some basic features, such as abnormally low birth weight and size, evidence of physical retardation, small head, small eyes, eye opening short, under -development of the upper lip, a gap between the lip and nose, a snub nose and flattened cheekbones, and intellectual deterioration. FAS can be difficult to diagnose before and after birth, can be confused with other diseases and has no scientific support as many other disorders, so it is difficult to treat.