Are you getting ready to welcome a new guest in your family? Take care so that your new born if free from all birth defects. Birth defects affect the structure and proper functioning of body organs.
The problem may develop in a baby while it is still in its mother's womb. Most of the expecting mothers are worried with health problems of their child. Birth defects are a major health issue that has become a chief comcern of not only the familes who have expecting women in their house but also of the medical practitioners.
Causes of birth defects
An expecting mother needs a lot of care during pregnancy. Carelessness, malnutrition of mother or certain infectious diseases may give result in birth defects in babies. It has been seen that if would be mothers have rubella, syphilis, cytomegalovirus, chicken pox or toxoplasmosis during pregnancy then the children are born with some defects. Would be mothers should take guard against Venezuelan equine encephalitis or there may be possibility of defects in the new born.
Women who have high blood pressure may give birth to defective babies.
Prolonged absence of oxygen during operation is another vital factor behind birth defects. Mothers who are addicted to drugs or alcohol have high possibility of giving birth to a deformed baby. Birth defects also occur due to environmental factors.
Birth defects can also be genetic in nature. These defective genes may come from both or either of the parents. When the defective genes pass from one of the parents, it is called dominant inheritance. If the faulty gene is inherrited from both the parents then it is commonly called recessive genes.
Types of birth defects
The question which obviously arises in the mind of all is that whether these birth defects can cause severe problems. Some of the defects can be cured if proper treatment is done immediately after birth. Infact sometimes these treatment can be carried out before birth also. But if such defects are neglected or there is risk then the defective individual may not get cured.
Some of the common birth defects are cleft lip or palate, spina bifida and anecephaly. A child may become visually handicapped or hearing impaired. Learing disability and slow learning are two other defects that are quite common. Many children are born with defects in their heart like atrial or ventricular septal defects, patent ductus arteriosus, coarctation of aorta, aortic or pulmonary valve stenosis and tetralogy of fallot. Gastrointestinal defects, sickel cell anaemia, down syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities are evident in new born babies.
So take care of the expecting mothers and the child so that your little one is born without birth defects.
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