Alcohol consumption during pregnancy – risk factor for children development Cover Image

Spożywanie alkoholu przez kobiety w czasie ciąży – zagrożeniem dla rozwoju dziecka
Alcohol consumption during pregnancy – risk factor for children development

Author(s): Magdalena Marek
Subject(s): Substance abuse and addiction, Health and medicine and law, Family and social welfare
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: child; pregnancy; woman; alcohol; fetal alcohol syndrome;

Summary/Abstract: The negative effects of alcohol consumption by pregnant women is well known in the scientific literature. Alcohol consumption is recognized as a risk factor for FAS,FAE, ARBD and ARND. This article deals with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. The term Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) describes children with a characteristic facial phenotype,growth deficiency, central nervous system damage and neurobehavioral deficits. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a range of disabilities caused by gestational exposure of the fetus to alcohol. Children with FAS display characteristics such as extreme hyperactivity, aggressiveness, poor judgment, speech and language difficulties.

  • Issue Year: 5/2013
  • Issue No: 2 (9)
  • Page Range: 145-153
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish