A 23-year-old woman presents to the OB-GYN office you work at. She was recently surprised to...

A 23-year-old woman presents to the OB-GYN office you work at. She was recently surprised to learn that she is pregnant. She estimates that she is about 8 weeks along. She tells you that she regularly drinks on the weekends with her friends. She asks you "Is that a problem? As long as I don't drink very much, I can still have a drink occasionally while I'm pregnant, right?"

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How would you answer her questions?

What types of abnormalities can be caused by alcohol, and how does genetics influence this?

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abnormalities caused by alcohol and genetic influence- When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol, the alcohol absorbed in their blood stream which later transferred to the baby she carrying in her foetus through her bloodstream which affect life of child and may lead to a syndrome called fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS).

Alcohol start showing their effect in pregnant women after third week of pregnancy and alcohol-induced the birth defects to the developing embryo.
Children having fetal alcohol syndrome have several problems including development of brain , learning process , behaviour change and social skills related problem.
size and weight of new born baby should be low than normal one having.
have slight differences in their faces apperence become small with narrow eye and flat lips.
feel problem in their heart rates, breathing as well as digestion related complications.
babies may a have some problems related with sleeping.
diarrhea and other stomach related problem.
size of newborn head is small with poor coordination
show a very Hyperactive behavior
feel Difficulty in paying attention
have Poor and week memory
have Learning and understanding disabilities
unable to Speech and understand language properly and normally
have low IQ
Poor judgment skills
Vision and hearing problems

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