PSYC 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Microcephaly, Low Birth Weight, Passive Smoking
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Alcohol (fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: fetal alcohol syndrome (fas): mothers drank heavily throughout and baby pregnancy. Slow physical growth (small stature) even babies who are given rich nutrition still don"t catch up to other kids. Three facial abnormalities (smooth ridge (ridge between nose and upper lip), thin upper lip, wide-spaced eyes, short nose, underdeveloped ears) have to have at least three of these to be classified as fas. 2+ of the facial abnormalities of fas. Brain injury: 3+ areas of impaired functioning. October 7, 2015: alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder (arnd): prenatal alcohol exposure is less pervasive than in fas. October 7, 2015: there can be brain damage, if breathing is delayed for 10 minutes or more there is more likely to be brain damage, even after baby has begun breathing normally, cell death can. Failure to begin breathing continue to occur. Breech birth umbilical cord causes oxygen deprivation. Placenta abruption: placenta gets separated prematurely requires immediate delivery.
