The Things That Can Cause Baby Defects
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Pregnancy is a natural process for women. And all women are definitely expecting a baby in her womb were born with perfect. But for some reason women can experience pregnancy disorder that causes babies born with congenital defects.
Alcohol and cigarettes.
Two of these items has long been medically proven to cause many disorders of pregnancy and even cause the baby to birth defects. Alcohol is teratogenic or capable of causing interference on embryonic development of the fetus so the baby is born with a physical that is not perfect. Fetal alcohol exposure are at risk of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), which is a syndrome that causes physical and brain abnormalities in babies.
In America alcohol is a major cause of birth defects to mothers aged 18-44 years who consume alcohol. Alcohol consumed by pregnant women will get into the body of the fetus through the placenta, which then damage the developing fetal organs especially the brain, even in severe conditions that can cause failure of the fetus. Types of defects caused by FAS can be varied, some of which is the size of a small baby's head, hearing loss, liver damage, impaired vision, and physical disability.
These symptoms can continue to grow until the baby is big with late forms of speech, hyperactivity, and low IQ. Not much different with alcohol, cigarettes also have the ability to damage the developing fetus. Pregnant women who smoke is also toxic to the fetus. Smoking can decrease oxygen supply to the fetus, thus disturbing the baby's brain development as well as physical and at great risk in birth defects such as cleft lip and heart defects. Science journal published by the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association says that smoking is associated with defects umbing lips or oral cavity defects in babies born to smoking mothers.
Drugs.The use of several types of drugs during pregnancy can cause birth defects. For example in pregnant women who consume the type of hypertension drug captopril. Captopril is an enzyme inhibitor that works to control blood pressure. But these drugs have a negative risk to the fetus, because it is teratogenic (damage the developing fetus). In 1984 the National Institutes of Health recommended a ban on the use of these drugs during pregnancy, because through the study drug was shown to cause decreased blood flow and oxygen to the fetus. Then in the following years many studies have shown that exposure to captopril causes birth defects such as heart defects, cleft lip, incomplete limbs, polydactyly (finger double), hypospadias (abnormal vital tool), spina bifida (spinal abnormalities) and delays lung function.
Exposure to chemicals.Some chemicals can cause deformed babies, for example mercury or mercury. Mercury is used by pregnant women can enter and settle in the body of the fetus. Research shows that mercury can cause deformed babies in the womb or after delivery in the form of mental retardation, dumb, blind, and seizures.
Malnutrition.Malnutrition or poor nutrition causes many disorders of pregnancy and birth defects, especially in some poor countries. Lack of vitamin A, B, K, calcium, iodine, magnesium, folic acid, thiamine, and riboflavin shown to cause defects in babies. Each type of nutrient deficiency effects of different disabilities, but in general infant malnutrition cause heart defects, crippled legs, lips sumbuing, hidrisefalus, stunted, blindness, ear lobe curved, and mental retardation. In fact, malnutrition can also cause failure of the fetus, it is most common in areas of economic and food crisis.
Genetic.In some genetic conditions also contribute to the cause of fetal defects and failures, ie single gene disorders, chromosomal abnormalities, and multifactorial. Single gene disorders are inherited defective from parent to child, caused by damage to the functioning of enzymes break down the amino acid phenylalanine. The shape of these defects can be either central nerve damage that causes death. Chromosomal abnormalities may cause defects in infants with various forms of mental retardation is one of them. Multifactorial and can be caused by DNA mutations and exposure to hazardous substances on the fetus, for example, spinal abnormalities and lack the volume of the infant's brain.
Alcohol and cigarettes.
Two of these items has long been medically proven to cause many disorders of pregnancy and even cause the baby to birth defects. Alcohol is teratogenic or capable of causing interference on embryonic development of the fetus so the baby is born with a physical that is not perfect. Fetal alcohol exposure are at risk of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), which is a syndrome that causes physical and brain abnormalities in babies.
In America alcohol is a major cause of birth defects to mothers aged 18-44 years who consume alcohol. Alcohol consumed by pregnant women will get into the body of the fetus through the placenta, which then damage the developing fetal organs especially the brain, even in severe conditions that can cause failure of the fetus. Types of defects caused by FAS can be varied, some of which is the size of a small baby's head, hearing loss, liver damage, impaired vision, and physical disability.
These symptoms can continue to grow until the baby is big with late forms of speech, hyperactivity, and low IQ. Not much different with alcohol, cigarettes also have the ability to damage the developing fetus. Pregnant women who smoke is also toxic to the fetus. Smoking can decrease oxygen supply to the fetus, thus disturbing the baby's brain development as well as physical and at great risk in birth defects such as cleft lip and heart defects. Science journal published by the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association says that smoking is associated with defects umbing lips or oral cavity defects in babies born to smoking mothers.
Drugs.The use of several types of drugs during pregnancy can cause birth defects. For example in pregnant women who consume the type of hypertension drug captopril. Captopril is an enzyme inhibitor that works to control blood pressure. But these drugs have a negative risk to the fetus, because it is teratogenic (damage the developing fetus). In 1984 the National Institutes of Health recommended a ban on the use of these drugs during pregnancy, because through the study drug was shown to cause decreased blood flow and oxygen to the fetus. Then in the following years many studies have shown that exposure to captopril causes birth defects such as heart defects, cleft lip, incomplete limbs, polydactyly (finger double), hypospadias (abnormal vital tool), spina bifida (spinal abnormalities) and delays lung function.
Exposure to chemicals.Some chemicals can cause deformed babies, for example mercury or mercury. Mercury is used by pregnant women can enter and settle in the body of the fetus. Research shows that mercury can cause deformed babies in the womb or after delivery in the form of mental retardation, dumb, blind, and seizures.
Malnutrition.Malnutrition or poor nutrition causes many disorders of pregnancy and birth defects, especially in some poor countries. Lack of vitamin A, B, K, calcium, iodine, magnesium, folic acid, thiamine, and riboflavin shown to cause defects in babies. Each type of nutrient deficiency effects of different disabilities, but in general infant malnutrition cause heart defects, crippled legs, lips sumbuing, hidrisefalus, stunted, blindness, ear lobe curved, and mental retardation. In fact, malnutrition can also cause failure of the fetus, it is most common in areas of economic and food crisis.
Genetic.In some genetic conditions also contribute to the cause of fetal defects and failures, ie single gene disorders, chromosomal abnormalities, and multifactorial. Single gene disorders are inherited defective from parent to child, caused by damage to the functioning of enzymes break down the amino acid phenylalanine. The shape of these defects can be either central nerve damage that causes death. Chromosomal abnormalities may cause defects in infants with various forms of mental retardation is one of them. Multifactorial and can be caused by DNA mutations and exposure to hazardous substances on the fetus, for example, spinal abnormalities and lack the volume of the infant's brain.