Essays Tagged: "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome"
Alcohol
alcohol when they do not even know that they are pregnant yet. Alcohol can cause disorders such as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects.Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, FAS, is a congenital disord ... ical and behavioral traits that result from maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy. The term Fetal Alcohol Effects, FAE, indicates that alcohol is being considered as one of the possible causes ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Treatments of Alcoholism
lated to it cost the United States an estimated $85.8 billionin mortality and reduced productivity;*Fetal alcohol syndrome, caused by a woman's drinking during pregnancy, afflicts five thousandinfants ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Alcohol Abuse
erdose staggering, odor of alcohol on breath, loss of coordination, slurred speech, dilated pupils, fetal alcohol syndrome (in babies), and/or nerve and liver damage. Withdrawal Syndrome is first swea ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Fetal Alchol Syndrome
NGLISH 102 COMPOSITION II2MAY 2002 - 22 AUG 2002ESSAY 4THE HANGOVER THAT LASTS A LIFETIME1 June 2002Fetal alcohol syndrome is often called the hangover that lasts a lifetime. The only cause of fetal a ... causing physical malformations and central nervous system deficiencies. For physicians, diagnosing fetal alcohol syndrome can be difficult if alcohol use by the mother is either not suspected or not ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Alcoholism and its effect.
d boy. Well, it turns out his mother drank alcohol while being pregnant. Therefore he developed the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and other than the facial abnormalities you can see he will also later suffe ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
The effects of tobbacco and alcohol during pregnancy
and premature birth. A major problem that can occur if a mother consumes alcohol while pregnant is fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). This may cause abnormal facial features, delays in developing, develop ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Native Culture.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a title given to an irreversible, lifelong condition: a group of physical ... y. It was not until 1973, only some thirty years ago, that Dr. Jones and Dr. Smith coined the term "fetal alcohol syndrome" or FAS to describe these patterns of abnormalities observed in the children ... for these defects. This paper serves to describe the reasons, issues, and prevention available for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.Though the idea that a women with child has been around for centuries, it has ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Current Conditions of Native Americans.
h Dakota estimate that between 60 percent and 80 percent of babies on the reservation are born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Alcoholism affects nearly every family and often starts early in life. Those ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome its symtoms and treatment.
during pregnancy which are irreversible, yet preventable. According toThe National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, "Fetal Alcohol Syndromeis the name given to a group of physical and mental b ... family, educationsystem, health system and social services in general, as well as individual losses.Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is considered the most common known cause of mentalretardation in the Western ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Alcohol Abuse
erdose staggering, odor of alcohol on breath, loss of coordination, slurred speech, dilated pupils, fetal alcohol syndrome (in babies), and/or nerve and liver damage. Withdrawal Syndrome is first swea ... Recent evidence indicates that pregnant women who drink heavily may give birth to infants with the FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME, which is characterized by face and body abnormalities and, in some cases, im ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
A Bioethical case study on fetal alcohol syndrome By Jessica Baker
1.0 SYNOPSIS:This report aims to outline the bioethical issue of fetal alcohol syndrome whilst also discussing the various positions of stakeholders and the legal ri ... ghts such stakeholders have. This report will also give insight to biological information regarding fetal alcohol syndrome. The information in this report has been compiled through extensive research ... re resources and delivery and health- related research (Mitchell and Lovat, 1993, p.12).3.0 WHAT IS FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME?Fetal alcohol syndrome is a condition where a baby can be born with moderate ...
Subjects: Science Essays
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: The Vital Choice
Fetal Alcohol SyndromeThe Vital ChoiceWhat is the leading known cause of mental and physical birth d ... t women do drink alcohol, and it is estimated that one in every 750 infants is born with full-blown fetal alcohol syndrome. Another 50,000 children are born with fetal alcohol effects (FAE) each year. ... cts the brain's two sides. Interestingly, this part of the brain is often abnormal in children with fetal alcohol syndrome.Early diagnosis is essential. We must remember that it's not that these kids ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
Mothers who Abuse
experience is the use of alcohol by the mother. A direct result from alcohol use by some mothers is fetal alcohol syndrome. Fetal alcohol syndrome is a serious health problem that tragically affects i ... its victims and their families, but that is completely preventable. Causing a child to suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome is really nothing short of child abuse and it lasts for life. Babies born wit ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Alcohol Abuse
verdose staggering, odor of alcohol on breath, loss of coordination, slurredspeech, dilated pupils, fetal alcohol syndrome (in babies), and/or nerve andliver damage. Withdrawal Syndrome is first sweat ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports
Fetal states while the baby is still in the womb, how things are different from inside and out. "Mystery of a Hidden Life"
The article entitled,"The mystery of fetal life: Secrets from the womb" (Pekkanen, 2001) starts out with a brief discussion about an embr ... factors) while in the mother's uterus. The importance of positive prenatal development to not only fetal life, but also to post-labor life is strongly stressed in this article.Commonly, expectant mot ... pectant mothers has been linked to lower IQ scores of the children born to those mothers as well as fetal alcohol syndrome. An expectant mother should pay close attention to any medication she may be ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Alcohol Use and Addiction
ise. Many people are affected by this chronic disease not just the alcoholic. Infants are born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, teenagers are becoming alcoholics including binge drinking, and more childre ... on, 1999).Many people suffer directly and indirectly by people who drink alcohol. A good example is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. FAS is very likely the most common known cause of mental retardation and aff ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
The role of the nurse in helping to reduce and prevent levels of alcohol misuse
h child abuse and neglect and domestic violence. Serious drinking during pregnancy may give rise to fetal alcohol syndrome. Health visitors can raise the issue of alcohol intake in a non-stigmatizing ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Effects Of Alcoholism Of The Children Of Alcoholics
rds, a parent's alcoholism will impact their lives. While in the womb a child may be afflicted with fetal alcohol syndrome. Other implications may manifest themselves later in life foe example the chi ... r day to day lived, provoking problems and conflict that get worse as time goes on (1985 Ryerson 2) Fetal Alcohol Syndrome- when the expecting mother has consumed alcohol during the pregnancy this syn ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
FAS IN NATIVE AMERICANS
A Race at Risk: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Native Americans have a higher rate of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) t ... ted States the group with the highest rate of alcoholism is the same group with the highest rate of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Although there is no cure for FAS, it is completely preventable. Education a ... ncy is the most critical, the second trimester has a risk of miscarriage and the third can endanger fetal growth, brain development, and central nervous system funtions. There is no safe time for any ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Fetal Alcohol SyndromeFetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a series of mental and physical deficiencies t ... d physical deficiencies that results from women drinking during pregnancy (National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome). Is FAS a preventable problem? FAS is 100% preventable, if the mother does n ... use no amount of alcohol has been proven safe to consume during pregnancy (National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome). But why such a dispute? Some mothers are unaware of the dangers of drinking ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues