If you are pregnant and drinking. be careful. Your baby may be in danger. When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol, the baby may develop psychological and physical problems. Infants may decline in cognitive abilities, developmental delay and various physical problems, including poor growth, small eyes and a small head. When such problems are seen in babies when the pregnant mother had been drinking, the disease is called fetal alcohol syndrome.
A new study as reported in a news magazine of science that has been little progress in the detection or treatment of early fetal alcohol syndrome. "Although there is much research in the field to determine how alcohol affects the developing brain, not much translation into the clinic," said Sahar Ismail, one of the authors of the research published in a recent edition of developmental neuroscience.
The observed effects on fetal alcohol syndrome can be devastating and irreversible. Alcohol is the leading cause of preventable mental retardation, according to the study.
When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol, the alcohol did the blood of the mother to the fetus through the umbilical cord blood flow from maternal blood to the fetus. Therefore, to prevent fetal alcohol syndrome in infants, women are not advised to drink during pregnancy. Women should not drink alcohol if you plan to become pregnant.
Children of mothers who had alcohol during pregnancy is unlikely to have a normal brain development. Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can also cause premature birth or miscarriage. Even in the absence of fetal alcohol exposure, premature babies may have serious health problems. Alcohol consumption has been shown to be harmful in the first trimester of pregnancy.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the US government, there is no safe amount of alcohol to drink during pregnancy. There is no specific time for consumption during pregnancy without any security alcohol. This could explain why the CDC urges pregnant women not to drink alcohol at any time during pregnancy.
The best way is to prevent fetal alcohol syndrome is to avoid alcohol during pregnancy.