Fetal malformation is a defect that occurs to a member or part of the body of the fetus while it is in the mother’s abdomen. This member is abnormally or deformed. This disorder occurs during the first three months of pregnancy, the period in which the organs are formed. The defect is discovered either during pregnancy or after birth and there are cases where the defect is discovered after one or two years of the child’s age.
It is worth noting that there are abnormalities that are easy to detect by looking at the child, such as the rabbit lip, and some are easily detected only through a medical examination such as the hearing.
- There is a disparity in the size of deformities in the fetus, some of which do not affect the child as they are hidden, including what causes death as they are very serious, and some of these distortions can be suitable for treatment
After which the child can be normal.
Causes of deformities in the fetus:
1 – taking medications during pregnancy, as it can lead to a deformation in the fetus, as pregnant women should not take any type of medicine only with the advice of the doctor.
2 – Alcohol: Alcohol intake leads to the passage of alcohol to the fetus through the placenta to mental retardation and physical disability in the fetus, which can not be treated later and can lead to alcohol loss and death of the fetus.
3. Smoking Smoking affects the pregnant mother in several ways, such as premature birth, premature birth, low birth weight, short-term fetal death, or heart abnormalities.
Other factors that can affect the fetus are:
- Maternal injury to certain diseases during pregnancy such as measles or bacterium.
- Too much exposure to harmful sunlight.
- Some strikes pregnant mother has diabetes, such as the proportion of infected fetuses with congenital diabetes due to be 10%.
- Frequent pregnancy Disorders occur in the fetus.
- Genetics The genetic factor is one of the strongest causes of abnormalities in the fetus.