Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Fetal alcohol syndrome is a confusion of permanent birth defects that happens in the offspring of women who drink alcohol during pregnancy. It is unidentified whether amount, frequency or timing of alcohol using up during pregnancy causes a difference in degree of harm done to the fetus. Thus, the current recommendation is not to drink at all in pregnancy. Alcohol crosses the placental barrier and can feat fetal growth or weight, create characteristic facial stigmata, damage neurons and brain structures, and cause other physical, mental, or behavioral problems.
The major effect of Fetal alcohol syndrome is lasting central nervous system damage, especially to the brain. Developing brain cells and structures are immature or malformed by prenatal alcohol exposure, often creating an array of primary cognitive and functional disabilities as well as secondary disabilities. The hazard of brain damage exists in each trimester, since the fetal brain develops throughout the entire pregnancy.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Injure to the bone marrow, by way of displacing the standard bone marrow cells with higher numbers of immature white blood cells, results in a lack of blood platelets, which are main in the blood clotting process. This means people with leukemia may become aching, bleed excessively, or develop pinprick bleeds.
White blood cells, which are concerned in fighting pathogens, may be concealed or dysfunctional. This could cause the patient's immune system to be unable to fight off a simple infection or to start attacking additional body cells.
Finally, the red blood cell deficiency leads to anemia, which may cause dyspnea. All symptoms can be aspect to other diseases.
Some other related symptoms:
