Fetal alcohol syndrome

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is thought to be one of the leading causes of birth defects. When a woman consumes alcohol during pregnancy, the alcohol passes from her blood to the baby’s blood through the umbilical cord and causes the baby to “drink” the alcohol also. The baby breaks down the alcohol more slowly than the mother does, and therefore the alcohol remains in the baby’s blood longer. Drinking alcohol during a pregnancy can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, and FAS in the child. Since the…

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 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…

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is one of the major concerns prenatal medicine is facing. It’s a huge problem, which needs to be stop. The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome states "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is the name given to a group of physical and mental birth defects that are the direct result of a woman's drinking during pregnancy". Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is the only disease that is one hundred percent preventable if the mother refrains from drinking while pregnant. Drinking liquor at…

Dr. Paul Lemoine was a pediatrician in Nates, France, who was the first person to describe Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) (Stewart 15). After awhile of studying mothers that consume alcohol while pregnant, Dr. David Smith and Dr. Kenneth Jones from the University of Washington, gave the name to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (17). “Some of the highest percentages of babies with FAS or Fetal Alcohol Syndrome occur in certain Native American communities where unemployment, poverty levels, and alcoholism are…

Individuals born with genetic abnormalities have been biologically created with syndromes that often lead them to become deviant with the law. Genetic abnormalities have caused individuals to become aggressive, have a lack of impulse control and trouble with understanding consequences. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and XYY Chromosomal Syndrome are two genetic abnormalities that have been genetically studied to be a causation for the criminal act of murder. The act of murder, too kill an…

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) has been effecting humanity ever since alcohol was first invented. FAS occurs when the pregnant mother drinks alcohol either accidently or on purpose. Believe it or not people do, do it on purpose because they try to induce a miscarriage. Sometimes they don’t succeed and the baby will suffer from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. The mothers who don’t purposely drink alcohol when they are pregnant, is because they don’t realize that they have missed her period. This…

Armstrong, Elizabeth M. Conceiving Risk, Bearing Responsibility: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Diagnosis of Moral Disorder. Print This article tells the encounter of a pregnant woman who was checked into the hospital. She had a very high level of intoxication. The doctor who she admitted to tells his story as she was the worst of case of A pregnant woman being intoxicated out of his whole doctoral career. She was also in jeopardy for being tried for attempted homicide. Chartier,…

to prevent harm to oneself is made, why is it that alcohol, which may also be determined as destructive to the human body, has become such a large part of the lives of many? Alcohol is seen as a way to relax and get away from the difficulties of life but often too much relaxing causes one to forget about the their own health along with the potential health of a future…

Criteria 1: “Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is growth, mental, and physical problems that may occur in a baby when a mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy.” (Medicine, 2016) “Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is caused by the effect of ethyl alcohol on the developing fetus.” (Ball, Bindler, & Cowen, 2013) The signs and symptoms for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome are “poor growth while the baby is in the womb and after birth, decreased muscle tone and poor coordination, delayed development and problems in three or more…