Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
When a pregnant mother drinks alcoholic beverages during her pregnancy the baby can have a condition called Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. The effect varies from one baby to another. Exposure to alcoholic beverages during pregnancy can result in babies with physical challenges, mental retardation, eyesight difficulties and also problems with behaviour and personality. There is no minimum alcohol intake that can result in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, but higher intake means higher risk for the baby. Babies with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome can have distinctive features in the face and slow growth physically and mentally among others. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is incurable but definitely preventable.
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Treatment:
1. Malbin, D. (2002). Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Trying Differently Rather Than Harder. Portland, OR: FASCETS, Inc. ISBN 0-9729532-0-5.
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