Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
It is one type of condition in which occurs in a child that results from alcohol exposure during the mother’s pregnancy.
- Overview
- Causes
- Types
- Sign & Symptoms
- What to eat
- Diet and Regiment
- Homeopathic Treatment
- FAQ
- Reference
In fact, alcohol (beer, wine, or hard liquor) is the leading cause of preventable birth defects and developmental disabilities in the United States.
These disorders include a wide range of physical, behavioral, and learning problems.
This syndrome causes brain damage and growth problems. The problems caused by fetal alcohol syndrome vary from child to child, but defects caused by fetal alcohol syndrome are not reversible.
Early diagnosis of this syndrome may help to reduce problems such as learning difficulties and behavioral issues.
Based on studies of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others, it is estimated that in the United States, somewhere between 800 and 8,000 babies could be born each year with FAS.
Any amount of alcohol can harm a developing fetus and increase the risk of miscarriage.
Alcohol easily passes through the placenta, the organ that nourishes a baby during pregnancy.
Alcohol exposure during the first trimester; perhaps before a woman even knows she is pregnant can cause major birth defects.
Later in the pregnancy, drinking alcohol can cause poor growth and brain damage that could lead to learning and behavioral problems.
These problems can be prevented by not drinking any alcohol during pregnancy.
Do not drink if you are trying to get pregnant or think you may be pregnant.
When you’re pregnant and you drink alcohol:
- Alcohol enters your bloodstream and reaches your developing fetus by crossing the placenta
- Alcohol causes higher blood alcohol concentrations in your developing baby than in your body because a fetus metabolizes alcohol slower than an adult does
- Alcohol interferes with the delivery of oxygen and optimal nutrition to your developing baby
- Exposure to alcohol before birth can harm the development of tissues and organs and cause permanent brain damage in your baby
The more you drink while pregnant, the greater the risk to your unborn baby. However, any amount of alcohol puts your baby at risk. Your baby’s brain, heart and blood vessels begin to develop in the early weeks of pregnancy, before you may know you’re pregnant.
Impairment of facial features, the heart and other organs, including the bones, and the central nervous system may occur as a result of drinking alcohol during the first trimester. That’s when these parts of the fetus are in key stages of development. However, the risk is present at any time during pregnancy.
There are different types of fetal alcohol syndrome. They are as follows:
- Partial fetal alcohol syndrome
- Alcohol-related birth defects
- Alcohol-related neurodevelopment disorder
- Neuro behavioural disorder associated with prenatal alcohol exposure
Clinical features of this syndrome may include any mix of physical defects, intellectual or cognitive disabilities, and problems functioning and coping with daily life.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/fetal-alcohol-syndrome/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20352907
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https://www.healthychildren.org/English/healt-issues/conditions/chronic/Pages/Fetal-Alcohol-Spectrum-Disorders.aspx
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https://hpathy.com/cause-symptoms-treatment/fetal-alcohol-syndrome/
When managing Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), a well-balanced, nutritious diet can support overall health and development. Here’s a point-wise breakdown:
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Focus on Protein: Include lean meats, fish, eggs, and legumes to support brain and muscle growth.
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Healthy Fats: Omega-3 fatty acids from fish, flaxseeds, and walnuts promote brain development.
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Fruits & Vegetables: Rich in antioxidants, vitamins A, C, and K to support immune function and brain health.
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Whole Grains: Brown rice, oats, and quinoa provide essential fiber and stable energy.
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Calcium & Vitamin D: Dairy, fortified plant milk, leafy greens, and fortified cereals support bone health.
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Iron: Meat, beans, and spinach help prevent anemia.
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Hydration: Water, herbal teas, and hydrating fruits support overall well-being.
Consult with a healthcare professional for personalized nutrition advice.
- Take enough sleep
- Eat healthy diet
- Do regular physical exercise
- Stay connected with healthy social supports
- Teach skills for daily living
- Avoid alcohol during pregnancy.
Homeopathic Medicines for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome:
The homeopathic remedies (medicines) given below indicate the therapeutic affinity but this is not a complete and definite guide to the homeopathy treatment of this condition. The symptoms listed against each homeopathic remedy may not be directly related to this disease because in homeopathy general symptoms and constitutional indications also taken into account for selecting a remedy, potency and repetition of dose by Homeopathic doctor.
So, here we describe homeopathic medicine only for reference and education purpose. Do not take medicines without consulting registered homeopathic doctor (BHMS or M.D. Homeopath).
Medicines:
Nux vomica:
- It is an excellent remedy for the bad effects of alcohol.
- It covers the nervous tremors, indigestion, and headache due to alcohol.
- This remedy is useful for both short-terms as well as long-term effects of alcohol.
- Patient suffers from delirium, has extreme irritability and episodes of extreme rage or anger.
- Abdominal symptoms, nausea and vomiting.
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Vertigo with momentary loss of consciousness.
- Stomach is very sensitive to pressure when applied externally, feeling is worse in the morning.
- When patient has tremor, headache, and bad taste.
- The tremor is marked with ugliness and irritability and gastric disturbance.
- Headache, morning-after drinking.
Sulphuricum Acidum:
- This is the homeopathy medicine for chronic alcoholism.
- Patients who are pale and shriveled and cold, whose stomach will not tolerate the slightest amount of food.
- They cannot drink water unless it be well whisked.
- Homeopathic medicine for drug addiction with a craving for alcoholic stimulants.
- Hot flushes, trembling, and cold sweats, accompanied by humming and tickling in the ears.
- It suits the sour breath and vomiting of alcoholic dyspepsia.
Arsenic album:
- Wonderful homeopathy medicine for alcoholism.
- Moreover, It has visions of ghosts, with great weakness.
- Diseases from overuse of alcohol. Liver cirrhosis.
- Patients must have their accustomed drinks
- Great tremulousness also weakness.
- Suicidal tendency and constantly annoyed by bugs and vermin that he sees on his person and unceasingly tries to brush them off.
- All in all, Arsenic patient is restless, anxious and chilly.
Agaricus muscaris:
- Homeopathy medicine for alcohol craving that has aggravation especially from motion, coitus, pressure touch.
- Headaches with sensation head swollen.
- Loquacity. Additionally, Agaricus has great mental excitement and incoherent talking, immoderate gaity alternates with melancholy.
- Perception of relative size of objects is lost, takes long steps and jumps over small objects as if they were trunks of trees-a small hole appears as a frightful chasm, a spoonful of water an immense lake.
- Physical strength is increased, can lift heavy loads.
- Chorea – involuntary muscle spasms also twitching that ceases in sleep.
Opium
- This is a remedy indicated in “old sinners” who have had the delirium tremens over also over again.
- There is a constant expression of fright or terror, they have visions of animals springing up everywhere, they see ghosts, the sleep is uneasy, the breathing is Sertorius.
- Opium has a choking sensation in throat which awakens suddenly from sleep.
- Besides this, The prevailing mental characteristic is terror, all hallucinations and illusions are fright and terror producing.
- It has visions of animals coming at him from every corner and he tries to escape.
- Lastly, Suicidal tendency constantly annoyed by bugs and vermin that he sees upon his person and unceasingly tries to brush them off.
Cannabis Indica
- A very reliable homeopathy remedy for alcoholism specially in acute alcoholism.
- Some violence, talkativeness and active mind
- Subjects crowd upon it,
- Delusions also hallucination relate to exaggerated subjects time, space, etc.
- Face flushed, pupils dilated, perspires easily.
These guidelines can help prevent fetal alcohol syndrome:
- Don’t drink alcohol if you’re trying to get pregnant- If you haven’t already stopped drinking, stop as soon as you know you’re pregnant or if you even think you might be pregnant. It’s never too late to stop drinking during your pregnancy, but the sooner you stop, the better it is for your baby.
- Continue to avoid alcohol throughout your pregnancy- Fetal alcohol syndrome is completely preventable in children whose mothers don’t drink during pregnancy.
- Consider giving up alcohol during your childbearing years if you’re sexually active and you’re having unprotected sex. Many pregnancies are unplanned, and damage can occur in the earliest weeks of pregnancy.
- If you have an alcohol problem, get help before you get pregnant- Get professional help to determine your level of dependence on alcohol and to develop a treatment plan.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/fetal-alcohol-syndrome/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20352907
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https://www.healthychildren.org/English/healt-issues/conditions/chronic/Pages/Fetal-Alcohol-Spectrum-Disorders.aspx
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https://hpathy.com/cause-symptoms-treatment/fetal-alcohol-syndrome/