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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Name of the disability and synonyms
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, also known as FAS, is a lifelong yet completely preventable set of physical, mental, and neurobehavioral birth defects associated with alcohol consumption during pregnancy. ... Alcohol consumption during pregnancy does not always result in FAS. A child born to a mother who was consuming alcohol while pregnant can result in two other disorders known as, Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND) and Alcohol-Related Birth Defects (ARBD). ARND describes the functional or mental impairments linked to prenatal alcohol exposure, and ARBD describes the malformations in the skeletal and major organ systems (NOFAS, 1).
Characteristics
Children with FAS have distinct facial characteristics, which makes the syndrome more identifiable. ...
Etiology
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is not a genetic disorder. It is caused by the consumption of alcohol during pregnancy by the mother. Alcohol enters the mother’s blood stream and is able to be passed to her unborn child by crossing the placenta. No amount of alcohol is safe for a mother to drink while being pregnant. Since alcohol enters the blood stream, the alcohol that a mother is consuming the child is also consuming and while alcohol might not have large effects on an adult, it causes lasting damage to a growing fetus. ... At this time the brain is very sensitive to alcohol, which decreases the number of cells growing in the brain. ...
Third Trimester - During this period the fetus normally undergoes rapid growth and alcohol can impair this growth. ...
Incidence
Mother’s who drink while being pregnant have a chance of having a baby with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, ARND, or ARBD.
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