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If a woman drinks alcohol during her pregnancy, her baby can be born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), a lifelong condition that causes physical and mental disabilities.
FAS is characterized by abnormal facial features, growth deficiencies, and central nervous system (CNS) problems. People with FAS might have problems with learning, memory, attention span, communication, vision, hearing, or a combination of these. These problems often lead to difficulties in school and problems getting along with others.
What else can I help you with?
Does alcohol affect birth and how?
Alcohol can cause mental slowness in fetuses . It is called Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
How does fetal alcohol effect differ from fetal alcohol syndrome?
fetal alcohol effect is not as severe
Which organ is not affected by fetal alcohol syndrome?
It all depends on the intake of the alcohol and how the baby is born in general. Fetal alcohol syndrome could not affect anything, or it could affect many things. None of the organs are technically "not affected" but the part of the body that is definitely not affected is the skin.
What populations does fetal alcohol syndrome most commonly affect directly or indirectly?
Native American
What is the percentage of males consumption of alcohol affect the fetus later in life?
The consumption of alcohol by males has not been shown to be a factor in fetal alcohol syndrome.
Did albert Einstein have feed of achochol syndrome?
There is no evidence to suggest that Albert Einstein had fetal alcohol syndrome. Fetal alcohol syndrome is a condition that occurs in children born to mothers who drank alcohol during pregnancy, leading to developmental and physical abnormalities.
How many children in the U.S. are affected by fetal alcohol syndrome?
Fetal alcohol syndrome affects one in 600 children in the United States.
Is fetal alcohol syndrome infectious?
no fetal alcohol syndrome is a disease in which a mother to be abuses alcohol which usually and most often results in various deformations of the fetus/infant.
What is FAS stands for?
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
FAS is an acronym for?
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
What is the difference between Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder?
It is much less serious.
Can you tell if an infant has fetal alcohol syndrome?
Fetal alcohol syndrome is caused by the mother being an alcoholic and drinking while she is pregnant. It is not a disease that can be passed on to anyone.
