Drinking Alcoholic Beverages During Pregnancy Can Affect Baby's Face
Women who drink alcohol during pregnancy are at risk of giving birth to children with facial abnormalities associated with growth problems. According to a recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
When researchers examined data from 415 facial images of a 1-year-old child, they found changes in the shape of the face around the nose, eyes, and mouth in children born to mothers who consumed alcoholic beverages. during the first trimester of pregnancy.
Evelyne Muggli, as a senior researcher, said she was surprised by this discovery, because the average shape of a baby's face has been modified in pregnant women who consume small amounts of alcoholic drinks. In other words, regardless of the amount of alcohol consumed by pregnant women, this will affect the shape of the baby's face. Unfortunately, this study did not detect changes in the baby's brain and facial shape changes. Therefore further studies are needed.
Changes in face shape are difficult to see with the naked eye. This change can only be seen by analyzing the shape of the face in 3 dimensions. However, according to the researchers, this change in facial shape does not mean that the baby is in dangerous condition or requires special medical care.
Changes in the middle of the face will be associated with a disorder called Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. This disorder often occurs in babies born to mothers who like to consume alcoholic beverages during pregnancy.
The most striking difference on the faces of babies whose mothers drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy, while babies whose mothers do not drink alcoholic drinks are on the forehead.
Compared with children who are not exposed to alcohol while in the womb, children who are exposed to alcohol while in the womb have different eyes, face and chin. Changes in the child's chin also occur in mothers who drink lots of alcoholic drinks during the first trimester of pregnancy.
Most women who drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy are still young and say they do not know they are pregnant. Only after knowing the pregnancy will they reduce or even stop consuming alcoholic beverages.
About 20 children studied have a condition called Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), a disorder that causes a decline in cognitive function, including permanent brain damage.
Children who are exposed to alcohol in the womb often experience learning problems, such as memory problems, delayed speech, behavioral problems such as hyperactivity.
Changes in face shape are difficult to see with the naked eye. This change can only be seen by analyzing the shape of the face in 3 dimensions. However, according to the researchers, this change in facial shape does not mean that the baby is in dangerous condition or requires special medical care.
Changes in the middle of the face will be associated with a disorder called Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. This disorder often occurs in babies born to mothers who like to consume alcoholic beverages during pregnancy.
The most striking difference on the faces of babies whose mothers drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy, while babies whose mothers do not drink alcoholic drinks are on the forehead.
Compared with children who are not exposed to alcohol while in the womb, children who are exposed to alcohol while in the womb have different eyes, face and chin. Changes in the child's chin also occur in mothers who drink lots of alcoholic drinks during the first trimester of pregnancy.
Most women who drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy are still young and say they do not know they are pregnant. Only after knowing the pregnancy will they reduce or even stop consuming alcoholic beverages.
About 20 children studied have a condition called Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), a disorder that causes a decline in cognitive function, including permanent brain damage.
Children who are exposed to alcohol in the womb often experience learning problems, such as memory problems, delayed speech, behavioral problems such as hyperactivity.
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