Potential Hazards to Prenatal Development

Teratogens

________: environmental agents, such as a virus, a drug, or radiation, that can interfere with normal prenatal development and cause developmental abnormalities.

Opioid use is associated with

________ small babies, fetal death, preterm labor.

Alcohol passes through placenta and

________ poses risks for death of fetus and neonate, malformations, and growth deficiencies.

Teratogens

________ include: prescription and nonprescription drugs, alcohol and tobacco, incompatible blood types, environmental pollutants, infectious diseases, nutritional deficiencies, and maternal diseases.

Teratogens

environmental agents, such as a virus, a drug, or radiation, that can interfere with normal prenatal development and cause developmental abnormalities

Not all environmental hazards are equal

can also depend on when and where exposure is during pregnancy, duration of exposure, genetic susceptibility, etc

Teratogens include

prescription and nonprescription drugs, alcohol and tobacco, incompatible blood types, environmental pollutants, infectious diseases, nutritional deficiencies, and maternal diseases

Physical and psychological defects of FAS

intellectual disabilities, distractibility and poor judgment as well as deficiencies in hearing and speech

Among the diseases that can cause serious problems for offspring are

AIDS, Rubella, Toxoplasmosis, Zika, Diabetes

Almost everything an expectant mother takes in

makes its way to the uterus (prescription and non-prescription OTC drugs)

Heroin and methadone

Maternal addiction linked to low-birth-weight, prematurity
Baby may be born addicted and suffer from delays in motor and language development

Maternal use of cocaine increases

risk of stillbirth, low-birth-weight, and birth defects