Not Signed In -
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
|
|
A baby with FAS; his lifetime medical and welfare costs are estimated by some to be as high as US$5 million. [1] Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) describes a spectrum of permanent and often devastating birth-defect syndromes caused by maternal consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. The main effect of fetal alcohol exposure is brain damage, which can be caused during any trimester, because the fetus's brain continues to develop throughout the entire pregnancy. The brain damage i ...
Wikipedia - [full article]
Resources
- Accommodations for People with Mental Retardation (Job Accommodation Network)
- Alcohol Alert # 50: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Brain (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
- Alcohol Alert #13: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, HHS)
- Alcohol Alerts: Alcohol-An Important Women's Health Issue (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
- Areas of the Brain That Can Be Damaged in Utero by Maternal Alcohol Consumption (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
- CERHR: Alcohol (Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR))
- Compounds Prevent Alcohol's Disruption of Important Developmental Process (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
- Drinking and Your Pregnancy [Easy-to-Read] (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
- FASTATS: Pregnancy Risk Factors (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities)
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (Nemours Foundation)
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC)
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (National Institutes of Health)
- Fetal alcohol syndrome (Google Health)
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (Medline Plus)
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Why Pregnancy and Alcohol Don't Mix (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Frequently Asked Questions - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Illustration of the Craniofacial Features Associated with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
- Información Sobre El Síndrome Alcohólico Fetal (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC)
- La Bebida y Su Embarazo (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
- Leading Categories of Birth Defects (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Living with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities) - Links to PDF File
- March of Dimes (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Mouse Study Identifies Protective Mechanism against Alcohol-Induced Embryo Toxicity (National Institutes of Health)
- National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
- National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (Dept. of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Preguntas frecuentes - Síndrome Alcohólico Fetal (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- What Is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome? (MayoClinic)
email this page
print this page
bookmark this page
feedback on this page
