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Behavior and Development Patterns in Children Born to Drug Addicted Mothers Focusing On Children Up To Age Six With The Comparison Of Infants Born To Addicted And Non-Addicted Mothers



Behavior and Development Patterns in Children Born to Drug Addicted Mothers Focusing On Children Up To Age Six With The Comparison Of Infants Born To Addicted And Non-Addicted Mothers

Strauss ME, Jr (1975). Behavior of Narcotics-Addicted Newborns. Vol: 46(4):887-893.

The research is based on the usage of addictive substances such alcohol and other drugs have been increasing with the passage of time. People of all ages and gender are prone to the consumption of such drugs and addictives without understanding the risk factors that are associated with it. The consumption of alcohol by the pregnant women is specially on an increasing pace these days. Despite the various management programs and workshops, the drug has been utilized on a consistent basis.

Strauss stated during pregnancy, the consumption of alcohol can possibly cause a wide range of neurodevelopment and physical problems in the baby. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Strauss, 1975), it has been estimated that approximately, 10% of pregnant women ages 18 - 44 report drinking alcohol at least once during their pregnancy. This has reported the continuous threat in childbirths and has created pregnancy consequences (Bauman, 1986)

The metabolic processes of alcohol are governed by the psychological state and primary and environmental and genetic factors too. In order to assume the intake of alcohol for a given quantity, the determining tissue ethanol concentrations of alcohol clearance might be one of the major factors for the damaging effects of alcohol. In a normal person too, the target concentration of tissues would be minimized by more ethanol clearance. In pregnant women, this clearance supports the mitigation and extenuation of the fetal alcohol exposure. The fetus then has Fetal Alcohol syndrome and is more likely to have facial deformities. It not just confines itself to that it also has slow neurological development along with delayed development and congenital abnormalities. In addition, alcohol causes vitamin deficiency, violates the exchange of other important substances such as hormones, prostaglandins, etc. As a result, the fetus suffers from many malfunctions of organs and systems, but most of all is the damage of the central nervous system (including intelligence and behavioural spheres). Some other risks associated with the drinking of alcohol, when pregnant, a great risk of miscarriage, ...