Fetal Alcohol Syndrome : Complications
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Drinking alcohol during pregnancy may result in: Miscarriage or stillbirth; Premature delivery. Complications seen in the infant may include: Abnormal heart or problems with other organs; Future hyperactive behavior and learning disabilities; Infa...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome : Prognosis.
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Fetal alcohol syndrome:: Prevention efforts must include public education efforts aimed at the entire population, not just women of child-bearing age, appropriate treatment for women with high-risk drinking habits, and increased recognition and...
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The prognosis for FAS depends upon the severity of birth defects and brain damage present at birth. Some factors that have been found to reduce the risk of secondary disabilities in FAS individuals include diagnosis before the age of six years;...
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Women who had a baby with a neural tube defect will need a higher dose of folic acid during this period...
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Any unusual variation or abnormality in the shape, structure, and/or function of an organ, body part, or tissue is commonly referred to as a birth defect. However, congenital anomaly is the more accurate and preferred term, since birth defect can be misinterpreted to mean a defect produced by the birthing process.
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Birth defects are physical abnormalities that are present at birth; they are also called congenital abnormalities. More than 3,000 have been identified.
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Defects present at birth, resulting from hereditary factors, environmental influences, or maternal illness. Birth or congenital defects are present at birth and result from hereditary factors, environmental influences, or maternal illness.
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A congenital anomaly may be viewed as a physical, metabolic, or anatomic deviation from the normal pattern of development that is apparent at birth or detected during the first year of life. Under this definition, Mendelian genetic disorders (e.
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Delayed growth involves poor or abnormally slow gain in weight, height, or both, in a child younger than 5 years old.
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Hyperactivity is a state of too much muscle activity. This term is also used to describe a situation when a particular portion of the body is too active, such as when a gland produces too much of its particular hormone. See also attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) .
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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the unexpected, sudden death of a child under one year old in which an autopsy does not show an explainable cause of death.
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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden, unexpected death of a seemingly normal, healthy infant under one year of age that remains unexplained after a thorough postmortem investigation, including an autopsy and a review of the case history. SIDS is a defined medical disorder that is listed in the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9).
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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the unexplained death without warning of an apparently healthy infant, usually during sleep. Also known as crib death, SIDS has baffled physicians and parents for years.
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The term "small for gestational age", or SGA, means a fetus or infant is smaller in size than is expected for the baby's gender, genetic heritage, and gestational age .
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Small for gestational age (SGA) describes infants who weigh less than they should given their gestational age (the weeks they have spent in the uterus). SGA infants can be premature, full-term, or post- term; such infants are simply not as large as would be predicted by their maturity.
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Small for gestational age, also known as intrauterine growth retardation, is defined as an infant or fetus smaller in size than expected, meaning a weight in the bottom tenth percentile for a particular age. Small for gestational age is believed to be related to placental insufficiency, infectious disease, congenital malformations, drug and alcohol abuse, and cigarette smoking.
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Uncoordinated movement is an abnormality of muscle control or an inability to finely coordinate movements, resulting in a jerky, unsteady, to-and-fro motion of the trunk or the limbs.
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A disorder that causes problems in speaking, listening, reading, writing, or mathematical ability. (Also Specific Developmental Disorder).
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Learning disorders are academic difficulties experienced by children and adults of average to above-average intelligence . People with learning disorders have difficulty with reading, writing, mathematics, or a combination of the three.
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Learning disorders are academic difficulties experienced by children and adults of average to above-average intelligence. People with learning disorders have difficulty with reading, writing, mathematics, or a combination of the three.
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Learning disorders, or learning disabilities, are disorders that cause problems in speaking, listening, reading, writing, or mathematical ability. A learning disability, or specific developmental disorder, is a disorder that inhibits or interferes with the skills of learning.
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Learning disorders (LD) refer to a significant deficit in learning due to a person ' s inability to interpret what is seen and heard, or to link information from different parts of the brain. Academic deficiency is frequently associated with neurologic and psychological disorders.
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Learning disorders are academic difficulties experienced by children and adults of average to above-average intelligence. People with learning disorders have difficulty with reading, writing, mathematics, or a combination of the three.
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Mental retardation is described as a condition that is diagnosed before age 18, and includes below-average general intellectual function, accompanied by impairment in the person?s ability to acquire the skills necessary for daily living.
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(Also called sociocultural or cultural-familial retardation) Mild mental retardation attributed to environmental causes and generally involving some degree of psychosocial disadvantage. The majority of persons suffering from mental retardation fall into the category of familial retardation rather than that of clinical retardation, which usually has neurological or other organic causes.
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Below-average intellectual abilities that are present before the age of 18 and interfere with developmental processes and with the ability to function normally in daily life (adaptive behavior). The term mental retardation is commonly used to refer to people with an intelligence quotient (IQ) below 70.
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Mental retardation is a developmental disability that first appears in children under the age of 18. It is defined as an intellectual functioning level (as measured by standard tests for intelligence quotient) that is well below average and significant limitations in daily living skills (adaptive functioning).
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Mental retardation is a developmental disability that first appears in children under the age of 18. It is defined as an intellectual functioning level (as measured by standard tests for intelligence quotient) that is well below average and significant limitations in daily living skills (adaptive functioning).
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Mental retardation (MR) is a developmental disability that first appears in children under the age of 18. It is defined as a level of intellectual functioning (as measured by standard intelligence tests ) that is well below average and results in significant limitations in the person ' s daily living skills (adaptive functioning).
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Mental retardation (MR) is a developmental disability that first appears in children under the age of 18. It is defined as a level of intellectual functioning (as measured by standard intelligence tests) that is well below average and results in significant limitations in the person ' s daily living skills (adaptive functioning).
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Microcephaly describes a head size (measured as the distance around the top of the head) significantly below normal for a person's age and sex, based on standardized charts.
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Microcephaly is a neurological disorder where the distance around the largest portion of the head (the circumference) is less than should normally be the case in an infant or a child. The condition can be evident at birth, or can develop within the first few years following birth.
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A birth defect characterized by an abnormally small head, a receding forehead, and large ears and nose. The condition often signals an abnormally small brain and the presence of other disorders such as cerebral palsy.
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A spontaneous abortion is the loss of a fetus during pregnancy due to natural causes. The term "miscarriage" is the spontaneous termination of a pregnancy before fetal development has reached 20 weeks. Pregnancy losses after the 20th week are categorized as preterm deliveries. The term "spontaneous abortion" refers to naturally occurring events, not elective or therapeutic abortion procedures. Other terms include: missed abortion (a pregnancy demise where nothing is expelled) incomplete abortion (not all of the products of conception are expelled) complete abortion (all of the products of conception are expelled) threatened abortion (symptoms indicate a miscarriage is possible) inevitable abortion (the symptoms cannot be stopped, and a miscarriage will happen) infected abortion
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Miscarriage is common, but finding its cause may not be easy. If a cause can be found, it’s likely to be a problem with the baby or the structure of the uterus.
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A miscarriage is the loss of an embryo or fetus before the twentieth week of pregnancy . A pregnancy loss after the twentieth week is called a stillbirth.
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Miscarriage means loss of an embryo or fetus before the 20th week of pregnancy . Most miscarriages occur during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.
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A birth that occurs before the 37th week of gestation A birth that occurs before the 37th week of pregnancy is considered premature. Although researchers have long sought a way to prevent premature birth, an estimated 9% of infants are still born prematurely, costing the United States billions of dollars in health care expenditures annually.
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A stillbirth is when a fetus that was expected to survive dies during birth or during the late stages of pregnancy. Stillbirths may be due to injuries, illnesses (such as toxemia ), infections, or catastrophic events (such as hemorrhage or cardiac arrest) in the mother or the fetus. Birth defects and growth abnormalities of the fetus also can occur. Problems with the uterus (such as placental detachment, poor placental function, or restricted uterine growth) can be dangerous to the fetus. See miscarriage .
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A stillbirth is defined as the death of a fetus at any time after the 20th week of pregnancy . Stillbirth is also referred to as intrauterine fetal death (IUFD).
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