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Pregnancy and Smoke about The Risk

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Researchers from University College London (UK), Allan Hackshaw led for the first time shown that smoking during pregnancy is very harmful for the fetus: the vice of cigarettes may, in fact, to various malformations, including heart defects, abnormalities of the limbs, clubfoot , gastrointestinal disorders and lips. To this end, all the studies carried out on this subject in the last 50 years for a total of 173,687 valuation analyzes malformations. The results are published in Human Reproduction Update.

According to Michael Katz, vice president of the March of Dime, a nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health smokers find it difficult to comprehend. The smoke also increases the risk for the birth of a dead baby and premature birth if they exposed the baby to identify problems such as cerebral palsy and learning disabilities.

Katz explains that present during pregnancy, the chemicals in the smoke - including nicotine, carbon monoxide and tar - the child of the oxygen they need to grow and steal in a healthy way to develop. And the problems do not spare the pregnant women with an ectopic pregnancy, vaginal bleeding and removal of the placenta.



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