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Preventing Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Teen WHAT IS FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME? Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a group of birth defects caused by drinking alcohol during pregnancy. It is also called fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) because there is a broad range of birth defects that can result from drinking alcohol while pregnant. Alcohol that you drink can travel through your blood and damage your growing baby. Fetal alcohol syndrome affects each baby differently. It can cause learning…

Fetal Alcoholic Syndrome Fetal alcoholic syndrome is caused by women who drink alcohol during their pregnancy. Alcohol passes through the placenta and is absorbed by the fetus. Drinking before finding out that they are pregnant still harms the fetus. Approximately 40,000 children each year are born with fetal alcohol syndrome. Statistics verify that 1 in 9 women report excessive drinking of alcohol during their first trimester of pregnancy. Children born with fetal alcohol syndrome are…

The speaker Adrienne Bashista gave a very insightful speech about what Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is and how it is caused. Before our speaker told us about her son, I had very little knowledge about what FASD was. I now realize how severe FASD is and how even the slightest consumption of alcohol can affect a fetus during pregnancy. I became aware that FASD is a rare syndrome that only 2 to 5 percent of the population have. This statistic surprised me due to a large amount of woman who may drink when…

Introduction: Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a condition that is seen in children of mothers who drank alcohol during their pregnancy. Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is one of many conditions that fall under the umbrella of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) which includes fetal alcohol effects(FAE), alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder(ARND), alcohol-related birth defects, and partial FAS.( Features and Symptoms of FASD, 2010.) The estimation of the prevalence of FASD occurs in about…

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Sandra Reynoso | MDCA 1409 | 09/19/2016 PAGE 1 Just one you might say. But did you know that just one alcoholic drink can permanently harm your unborn child. Your child might suffer from many birth defects like facial abnormalities, lower IQ, problems in their central nervous system among many others. All this can be prevented! Please if you are pregnant or think you might be pregnant do not drink any type of alcoholic drink. Your baby is worth more. What is Fetal Alcohol…

The syndrome I chose is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS); I chose this syndrome because it hits close to home. When my aunt found out she couldn’t have her own children, she decided she would adopt. Soon, she was told that there was a young boy who was three years old who was ready to be adopted… the only downfall was that he had Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Knowing that he had FAS, she still adopted him. At first no one knew that anything was different with him, but the symptoms started to show as he…

huge aspect of this syndrome.9 Studies have shown that brain volume in patients with FAS is less than people with healthy brains. Another difference is in the parietal and ventral frontal lobes where the gray matter is denser and underdeveloped in babies with FAS. Also, the temporal, inferior parietal lobe, and right frontal lobe were thicker than a normal brain.9 Finally, cell migration is another aspect that is interrupted with FAS.5 Effects of Alcohol on the heart Alcohol cannot only affect…

difficult because only limited neural problems may be present. Also, to accurately confirm conditions such as ARND requires knowledge that alcohol was consumed during pregnancy.9 To acquire this helpful information has proven to be difficult though, as a study performed showed that only 33% of mothers who had infants with FAS gave information about drinking alcohol during pregnancy. It can be assumed then that this reported number drops even farther for mothers with…

Introduction Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is due to fetal alcohol exposure, and is the most serious case of the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders1. The embryonic development period between three and eight weeks are when the most birth defects occur, but pregnant women are advised not to consume alcohol during their entire pregnancy due to the adverse effects that alcohol can have on their child2. This paper will analyze the dangers of alcohol to a developing embryo or fetus, the manifestation…

Fetal alcohol syndrome is a condition in a child that is caused from exposure to alcohol during the mother's pregnancy. Fetal alcohol syndrome causes growth problems and brain damage. The problems caused by fetal alcohol syndrome can vary from child to child, but defects caused by fetal alcohol syndrome are irreversible. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a number of birth defects such as, mental, behavioral and learning problems. It has not been proven how much alcohol consumed during pregnancy causes…