Fetal abnormalities
Many pregnant women are worried, anxious and afraid in the first months of pregnancy because of the possibility of fetal abnormalities. The pregnant woman may suspect that she has been exposed to a particular injury or device, or has done some wrong things, or has eaten certain foods that may adversely affect her fetus. Fetal deformities have increased in recent years and are no longer as rare as before, so we will mention the causes of fetal deformities to keep the pregnant woman away from malnutrition and infectious diseases.
Causes of fetal deformation
Malnutrition
Several studies have shown that 94% of fetal deformities occur in poor countries, confirming that malnutrition of the pregnant woman and lack of calcium, and folic acid cause spinal deformity.
Infectious diseases
The incidence of measles, syphilis, smallpox, herpes, mumps, or fever of more than 39 degrees Celsius between the fourth week and the 14th week of pregnancy causes birth defects of the fetus.
Age of pregnant mother
As the age of the pregnant woman increases, the percentage of deformity increases, and 30% of births occur in chromosomal disorders, mainly Mongolian, known as triglycerides.
General reasons
- Medicines and drugs ranging from aspirin to any vitamin can only be taken under the supervision of a specialist, in addition to the lack of excessive use of dyes and cosmetics, and creams of lightening.
- Relatives of the spouses of the mother or father.
- Chronic diseases: The rate of fetuses infected by diabetes is 10%, and these abnormalities affect the digestive system, the heart, or the nervous system, or kidneys.
- Drink alcohol that causes facial deformities, mental retardation, cardiac malformations, and joint deformities.
- Radiation exposure is specifically x-ray.
- Smoking, in addition to passive smoking, affects the pregnant woman in several ways, such as: premature death of the fetus, low birth weight, premature birth, or deformities of the heart.
- Artificial reproduction increases the risk of having a child with deformities.
- Obese pregnant women who are obese are more likely to have children with heart murmurs.
Tips to avoid fetal abnormalities
- Control of chronic diseases such as diabetes and taking into account the lack of intake of some drugs.
- Put folic acid in the daily food program.
- Diagnosis of congenital defects of the fetus at an early stage of pregnancy and age; it can be treated in the womb of his mother between the thirteenth and fourteenth week.