Mulheres alcoolistas: histórico reprodutivo e alterações do crescimento e desenvolvimento dos filhos

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

Alcohol is the most used teratogenic substance in the west world and its use during pregnancy, from moderate to severe, is a serious problem to public health due to the risks that it might bring to the mother (increases the risks for spontaneous abortions and premature detachment of the placenta) and to the fetus (physical, mental and behaviour damage and/or learning disorders) and might cause an even worse form of damage known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). This current study was elaborated based on a sample of 89 women currently in treatment and recently treated for alcohol use/abuse and their children. Womens age group varied from 19 years old (minimum) to 71 years old (maximum) presenting a medium age of 44 years old. The age group and gender of the children were not considered as criteria for exclusion. The three main objectives for this research were to describe the reproductive history of alcoholic women, the growth and development of their children and to investigate manifestations of the Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD) in children. Main results showed reproductive losses in alcoholics and high level of learning disorders, hyperactivity and aggressiveness in their children. The data converge with the existing literature. However, co-segregation of autism was not observed in individuals exposed to alcohol during gestation period. The present study drives attention to the harm that might be caused by alcohol ingestion during pregnancy. In Brazil researches like this are still rare.

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fetal alcohol syndrome pervasive developmental disorders síndrome alcoólica fetal transtornos invasivos do desenvolvimento ciencias humanas alcoolismo gestação pregnancy alcoholism

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