Born Addicted to Alcohol
Title: Born Addicted to Alcohol
Category: /Recreation & Sports/Health Care
Details: Words: 1195 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Born Addicted to Alcohol
Category: /Recreation & Sports/Health Care
Details: Words: 1195 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
There are different characteristics that accompany FAS in
the different stages of a child's life. "At birth, infants
with intrauterine exposure to alcohol frequently have low
birth rate; pre-term delivery; a small head circumference;
and the characteri stic facial features of the eyes, nose,
and mouth" (Phelps, 1995, p. 204). Some of the facial
abnormalities that are common of children with FAS are:
microcephaly, small eye openings, broad nasal bridge,
flattened mid-faces, thin upper lip, skin folds
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Something needs to be done with mothers who
have babies that are ad dicted at birth. Laws and other
regulations will probably not solve the problem, but make
it more complex. A mother shouldn't have a child if she has
an addiction problem. Woman should be able to receive free
abortions if they are addicts and don't wan t to quit
drinking during their pregnancy. A child should never be
born with fetal alcohol syndrome.