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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Condition / disease reference page from the Everyone Healthy database.
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Condition overview
Attributes
Ageis Infant
Linked signs and symptoms
18Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.
- Behaviour: Attention Deficit (Reduced Ability to Focus)
- Behaviour: Hyperactivity
- Behaviour: Impulsive Behaviour
- Birth Weight Low
- Bone Growth Abnormal
- Eye: Vision Impairment
- Growth Impairment or Stunted
- Head: Small Size
- Limbs Deformed
- Mental Retardation
- Mind: An IQ Below 70
- Mind: Anxiety
- Mind: Developmental Delay
- Mind: Nervousness
- Movement: Muscle Coordination Loss (Ataxia)
- Newborn: Heart Defects
- Sense of Hearing Decrease
- Weight Below Expected Range
Linked drugs / medications
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Treatments, therapies and supportive options
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Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
4These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
Biological and test markers
4This visual map uses existing EH database links to show biological agents and lab markers reported as increased, decreased, or associated with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
2- Gamma-Glutamyltransferase (GGT)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 6–30 units/L; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 6–38 units/LLinked diagnostic tests1Gamma-Glutamyltransferase (GGT) Concentration
- Urine Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG)Reference range exampleAll: 0–5.1 units/LLinked diagnostic tests1Urine Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) Test
Often decreased
2- Estriol (Pregnancy Third Trimester, Blood E3)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 45–460 ng/mLLinked diagnostic tests2Estriol Concentration (E3, Blood)
- Red Blood Cells (RBC)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 3.6–5 106/mm3; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 4.2–5.4 106/mm3Linked diagnostic tests1Red Blood Cell (RBC) Count
Other associated markers
0No markers in this group.
Introduction / full article
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
When a pregnant mother drinks alcoholic beverages during her pregnancy the baby can have a condition called Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. The effect varies from one baby to another. Exposure to alcoholic beverages during pregnancy can result in babies with physical challenges, mental retardation, eyesight difficulties and also problems with behaviour and personality. There is no minimum alcohol intake that can result in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, but higher intake means higher risk for the baby. Babies with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome can have distinctive features in the face and slow growth physically and mentally among others. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is incurable but definitely preventable.
Summary Reference
Treatment:
1. Malbin, D. (2002). Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Trying Differently Rather Than Harder. Portland, OR: FASCETS, Inc. ISBN 0-9729532-0-5.