How does FAS affect a newborn baby?

Answer 1

• Heart defects
• Slow physical growth before and after birth
• Vision difficulties and hearing problems.
• Microcephaly (Small head circumference and brain size)
• Mental retardation
• Abnormal behavior, such as short attention span, hyperactivity and extreme nervousness and anxiety.
• Low muscle tone and poor coordination
• Abnormal joints, hands, feet, fingers and toes.
• Hemangiomas (strawberry birthmarks on the skin)
• Irregularities of the face