Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Describe the experience The majority of children born with full-blown FAS were born to mothers who are alcoholics and who drink everyday. Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a health problem that affects mother that consumed large amount of alcohol during pregnancy. Pregnant women are not educated about the risks of consuming alcohol during pregnancy. High levels of alcohol during pregnancy can result in a range of physical and mental abnormalities FAS is the leading known cause of mental abnormalities. Along with mental retardation, it could also cause physical problems.
Almost none of these babies have normal brain development. Infants and children with fetal alcohol syndrome have many different problems, which can be difficult to manage. Children do best if they are diagnosed early and referred to a team of health care providers who can work on educational and behavioral strategies that fit the child's needs. CDC studies have shown that 0.2 to 1.5 cases of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) occur for every 1,000 live births in certain areas of the United States. Fetal Alcohol Effects (a less severe set of alcohol-related abnormalities) is estimated to occur in 3-5 live births per every 1,000 in the United States each year.
“Older pregnant women are 37% more likely to report drinking during pregnancy than younger women” (Ager et al., p. 1813, 2010). Ager and colleagues conducted a study examining the impact of maternal age on the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on attention, memory, and cognitive ability. A longitudinal study was conducted on pregnant inner city African American women living in Detroit, MI. The women were interviewed at each prenatal visit to determine the amount of alcohol they had consumed during that period and how frequently. The children were not tested until age 7 as they would now be school aged and required to use cognitive functions.
The affects of drinking alcohol while pregnant can be mild to severe, depending upon how much the mother drank and also during which trimester she drank. A recent study about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome showed astounding results. “We believe that FAS prevalence in the general population of the U. S. can now be estimated to be between 0.5 and 2 per 1,000 births, and the prevalence of FAS and ARBD combined is likely to be at least 10 per 1,000, or 1 percent of all births” (May & Gossage, 2001). The third most common birth defect in the United States is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or FAS. This syndrome is the leading cause of mental retardation.
2a). Fetal alcohol effect (FAE) are alcohol related birth defects of children born to mothers who drank heavily during pregnancy but do not display the facial malformations as is seen in fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). FAS is physical and behavioral effect to children born to mothers who drank heavily during pregnancy. At least one of the following three criteria is needed for a diagnosis of FAS: 1) growth retardation before or after birth, 2) abnormal features of the face and head, 3) evidence of central nervous system abnormality. The diagnosis of FAS is a judgment by the physicians.
“ Seventeen year old women should be able to buy the morning after pill without a prescription within a few weeks, a government spokesman said Thursday.” (“FDA”,1). They wouldn’t sell you the pill without a subscription, so imagine if they wouldn’t get a held of the doctor, then it would be to late. Even if you had unprotected sex and you didn’t want to be pregnant you should be able to get a held of that pill. You never know what kind of accidents might happened if you don’t have protected sex. Its just good to know that there is a pill to save you three days after you had sex, and didn’t use a condom.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study published in February 2011, showed that the babies are at risk of having certain types of congenital heart defects was 20 to 70 percent higher than it was for babies whose mothers didn't smoke. The defects included those that interrupt the flow of blood from the right side of the heart into the lungs and openings between the upper chambers of the heart. The data was collected from 2,525 babies who had a heart defect at birth and 3,435 babies who were born healthy between 1981 and 1989 in Washington, D.C. Learning disorders, behavioral problems and lower IQ’s are also all effects smoking can have on an unborn
Yet, many scientists do believe that bipolar disorder is caused by multiple factors such as genes, environmental stress, nutrition, inflammatory factors or other stress in the brain. Research has proven that bipolar disorder often runs in families which is some scientists believe genetics might play role in the cause of Bipolar disorder. One’s environment may also play a role as certain stressful events can trigger one’s first bipolar episode (National Alliance on Mental Illness [NAMI], 2012). Most people develop Bipolar disorder in their late teens or early adult years. Almost half of those who develop Bipolar disorder develop the disorder before their 25th birthday (NIMH, 2012).
This month a Rand study that followed 3,400 people from seventh grade through age 23 reported that those who had three or more drinks within the past year, or any drink in the past month, were likelier to use nicotine and illegal drugs, to have stolen items within the past year and to have problems in school. In a report issued last December, the American Medical Association found that teen drinking -- not bingeing, just drinking -- can seriously damage growth processes of the brain and that such damage "can be long term and irreversible." The AMA warned that "short term or moderate drinking impairs learning and memory far more in youth than in adults" and that "adolescents need only drink half as much to suffer the same negative effects." This exhaustive study concluded that teen drinkers "perform worse in school, are more likely to fall behind and have an increased risk of social problems, depression, suicidal thoughts and
D&E, which stands for dilation and evacuation, is a type of in-clinic abortion that is used on women who are more than four months pregnant (Planned Parenthood, 2012). The abortion pill is another common type of abortion that women use. It can only be used to treat a pregnancy earlier than nine weeks (Planned Parenthood, 2012). The pill is about 97% effective and can cause incomplete abortions, where part of the pregnancy is still left inside the uterus