Congenital malformations
The state of human health is influenced by natural factors( climatic, geographical), harmful factors of our environment( poor-quality food, chemical pollution, radiation), bad habits. Particularly sensitive to their effects are pregnant women, within which a new life has arisen. The unfavorable factors to which many women are susceptible, are increasingly the cause of the birth of children who have congenital abnormalities of various kinds.
Why develop malformations of the fetus?
In addition to the above-mentioned factors that cause the formation of congenital malformations( VDP), there are others. Such a pathology is hereditary, when parents have abnormalities in the chromosome set. Congenital pathologies can develop due to the transmitted infections.
The next reason is the lack of vitamins in a pregnant woman's diet. For a future mother, the norm of micronutrients should be 1.5 times greater than for normal women. According to some pediatricians, in addition to CPR, newborn diseases such as rickets, iron deficiency anemia, are often associated with a deficiency of vitamins and minerals during pregnancy.
Who is "at risk" of the possible occurrence of a child's HIV / AIDS?
The risk of the birth of a child with congenital malformations increases in the following cases. When women and men, in whose families there were cases of hereditary diseases, even if they themselves are not sick. Families who already have children who suffer from congenital malformations. Spouses who are related( for example, cousins and second cousins and brothers).Families in which previous pregnancies ended with miscarriages or stillbirth. Men over 50 years and women over 35 years.
In all such cases, specialists recommend partners who plan pregnancy to undergo medical and genetic counseling. Genetic experts compile a pedigree and determine the risk of having a baby with hereditary pathologies.
Some congenital malformations found in newborns
The causes of congenital heart diseases are adverse effects on the female body in the first trimester of pregnancy, at the time when the fetal cardiovascular system is formed. This can be viral infections( influenza, rubella, chicken pox, poliomyelitis), ionizing radiation, heart disease in the mother, age over 35, hypovitaminosis. Hereditary predisposition to chromosomal diseases also has significance. The clinical picture also depends on the type of defect, also on the state of circulation, on the severity of disorders( anatomical) and on the ability of the body itself to compensate for the defect. Congenital heart disease in severe anomalies can be recognized immediately after birth, but some types of this developmental disorder occur later, even in adolescence.
Congenital dislocation of the hip is a developmental defect when children are born with undeveloped hip joints, this is when the acetabulum, which the head of the femur should enter, is not formed, remains flat and can not hold the head in the right place. From this the head moves to the top or to the rear. Such developmental anomalies are not traumatic injuries, as many people believe. This is the result of incorrect development of the hip joint in the womb.
Congenital clubfoot is a disease in which an orthopedic surgeon needs help right after birth. This is when the baby is born with a deformed foot.
Intracranial hypertension is a congenital malformation of development. This pathological condition is formed due to impaired circulation, which is produced in the ventricles of the brain, may also indicate hydrocephalus or perinatal encephalopathy. If this is accompanied by an increase in the infant's head, then it is a question of hypertensive-hydrocephalic syndrome.
Perinatal encephalopathy is a chronic oxygen deficiency of the fetus. Oxygen( acute) fasting, which occurs during childbirth, leads to violations, and greater, in the central nervous system.
A pregnant woman should, during pregnancy, closely monitor her diet and lifestyle. During pregnancy it is desirable to be in clean areas where there are less harmful external factors.
