Exposure to Alcohol During Fetal Life May Cause
Drinking during pregnancy can cause brain damage leading to a range of developmental cognitive and behavioral problems which can appear at any time during childhood. Indirect effects on fetus. Frontiers Intersection Of Epigenetic And Immune Alterations Implications For Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder And Mental Health Neuroscience Direct effects on the fetus. . In the United States prenatal exposure to alcohol is the most common cause of birth defects. Request PDF Review shows that early fetal alcohol exposure may cause adverse effects even when the mother consumes low levels Aim. Exposure to alcohol during fetal life may cause Inadequate prenatal and infant growth Physical deformities Mental retardation. The specific defects that have been observed from prenatal alcohol exposure include defects to the atrioventricular valves tricuspid and mitral that allow blood to flow backward into the atria. All of these choices are co...