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What can pregant women do to avoid mental retardation in their babies?
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Pregnant women should be educated about the risks of drinking and the need to maintain good nutrition during pregnancy.
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Is Phenyliketonuria severe?
Yes, it can causes severe developmental disorders, like mental retardation. If a child is diagnosed with PKU, they MUST remain on a special diet for lifetime to avoid problems.
What are some of the challenges that people with retardation face?
they have to avoid knives at all times and stay away from roads
Is inbreeding hamsters twice safe?
I would say try to avoid it, as it could cause the hamster to suffer from severe retardation.
Are albino wolves in captivity?
Albinoism is a result of inbreeding (i.e. incest - too small of a gene pool). It happens from time to time in the wild. I would think that in captivity, the wolves would be breed carefully enough to avoid this sort of thing.Mental retardation is also a common bi-product of inbreeding. It's not uncommon for albinos to have issues with mental retardation. I'm not sure if this falls under what you were asking - I suspect you were under the impression that abinoism was caused by a disease (which it is not).Blood disorders, like hemophelia, can also be caused by inbreeding.There are other causes to blood disorders and mental retardation, but albinoism is pretty much only caused by a limited gene pool.Source(s):Breed cattle for many years. You have to be careful to change out bulls every so often in order to avoid health issues related to inbreeding.
Should a baby avoid someone infected with typhoid?
Babies should avoid anyone infected by a transmittable disease.
What is mild retardation?
Mental retardation is a developmental disability that first appears in children under the age of 18. It is defined as an intellectual functioning level (as measured by standard tests for intelligence quotient) that is well below average and significant limitations in daily living skills (adaptive functioning).For the source and more detailed information concerning this subject, click on the related links section indicated below.
Does lemon make babies hairy?
No, but babies shouldn't be given citrus fruits until age 12 months to help avoid citrus allergies.
Pleading insanity in order to avoid criminal trail?
I do not think that it will avoid trial but may lead to less of a sentence or not serve time in a prison but a mental hospital.
Does the turtle look after her babies when they are born?
No. It leaves them in the sand until they're old enough and then the babies crawl into the sea trying to avoid getting eaten by crabs and seagulls.
Why do reptiles eat their young?
Reptiles do not have a neo-cortex, the part of the brain that gives maternal affection. Because of this, babies have to hide to avoid getting eaten. Reptiles do not have a neo-cortex, the part of the brain that gives maternal affection. Because of this, babies have to hide to avoid getting eaten.
How do you avoid male hamsters without killing their babies?
Dont disturb her....leave her be. when she had her babies she will nurse them and take care of them. Also if its her first time she might eat the babies because she has no expierence and in the second time she will know what to do. so dont worry if she eats her babies because she might get pregnant again and she wont eat her babies.
What is the food group must persons with PKU avoid in order to prevent retardation?
Amino Acids or in other words Proteins. If you have the North Carolina Prentice Hall Biology book it is on page 345 in chapter 14.
